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A Place of Prayer and Rest
Commentators explain that the Mount of Olives was a familiar place of retreat for Jesus. Located just outside Jerusalem, it was near the home of his friends in Bethany (Mary, Martha, and Lazarus) and was a place he often went for solitude, fellowship, and private prayer, especially after contentious encounters in the city.
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Albert Barnes
On John 8:1
18th Century
Theologian
Mount of Olives. The mountain about a mile directly east of Jerusalem. See Barnes, Matthew 21:1.
This was the place wher…
AT Robertson
On John 8:1
But Jesus went (Ιησους δε επορευθη). Same deponent use of πορευομα as in 7:53 and in contrast to the Sanhedrin's conduct, though i…
Charles Ellicott
On John 8:1
19th Century
Bishop
It is an instructive example of how the artificial division into chapters often disrupts the sense: one verse of this section is found at the end o…
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Charles Spurgeon
On John 8:1–3
19th Century
Preacher
And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth. And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On John 8:1
Presumably an unknown group of people who had gathered in Jerusalem to listen to Jesus now dispersed, while Jesus went to the Mount of Olives, wher…
John Gill
On John 8:1
17th Century
Pastor
Jesus went unto the Mount of Olives .
Which lay eastward of Jerusalem, about a mile from it; Christ went to this mount on the …
Matthew Henry
On John 8:1–11
17th Century
Minister
Christ neither found fault with the law, nor excused the prisoner's guilt; nor did He approve of the pretended zeal of the Pharisees. Those who jud…