John 8 Bible Study Questions

John 8:1-2 Bible Study Questions

Where is "Mount of Olives" (John 8:1)?

Why did Jesus go to the Mount of Olives?

Did Jesus or His disciples dress well?

Then why do some 'Christian' leaders dress gorgeously and live in luxury?

How can those who live in luxury be identified?

"What if the ministry I support doesn't publish financial reports but has a Board of Directors that includes leaders of other prominent ministries?"

Answers: bibleversestudy.com/johngospel/john8-bible-study.htm

John 8:3-11 Bible Study Questions

What is odd about their accusation in John 8:4 against this woman caught in adultery?

What Old Testament law are the scribes and Pharisees referring to in John 8:5 (see Deuteronomy 22)?

Why did they all of a sudden want Jesus' opinion?

What did they think were His choices?

What did Jesus write on the ground?

Why did Jesus raise "Himself up" (John 8:7)?

Why did He then stoop down "again" (John 8:8)?

Who left first after hearing, "He who is without sin among you, let him throw a stone at her first" (John 8:7)?

Why?

Why doesn't Jesus chastise the woman for her sin in John 8:10-11?

How do we know what she knew?

Did Jesus address the woman' adultery?

Answers: bibleversestudy.com/johngospel/john8-woman-caught-in-adultery.htm

John 8:12-20 Bible Study Questions

To whom did Jesus say, "I am the light of the world..." if everybody had "left" (John 8:9)?

Why did He declare to them, "I am the light of the world"?

What does it mean that those who follow Jesus "shall not walk in darkness but have the light of life"?

What do the Pharisees mean by Jesus' witness being "not true" (John 8:13)?

What does Jesus mean by what He said in John 8:14?

Is it true that Jesus judges "no one" as He said in John 8:15?

What is He adding in John 8:16-18?

What is the flipside of Jesus' words: "If you had known Me, you would have known My Father also" (John 8:19)?

Why didn’t they arrest Him?

Answers: bibleversestudy.com/johngospel/john8-i-am-the-light-of-the-world.htm

John 8:21-30 Bible Study Questions

Where will Jesus be “going” (John 8:21)?

Why is it that they “cannot” (John 8:21) go there as well?

What will happen to these “Jews” (John 8:22)?

What will that lead to?

What does Jesus mean by “unless you believe that I am” (John 8:24)?

Will Jesus “kill Himself” (John 8:22)?

Why or why not?

How is John 8:26 reconciled with John 8:15?

What should be the aspiration of every preacher?

What more or what less?

When will the Jews understand what Jesus said in John 8:21-26?

Why does that sound familiar?

What should be another aspiration of every preacher?

What should be the aspiration of every Christian?

Why do you think Jesus would waste His time and words like this with the Jews?

In which language was Jesus speaking above?

Answers: bibleversestudy.com/johngospel/john8-die-in-your-sins.htm

John 8:31-36 Bible Study Questions

What or who is "the truth" that "will set you free" (John 8:32)?

What is the condition for being set free by "the truth"?

What qualifies people as Jesus’ disciples?

What is the flip side of what Jesus said in John 8:31?

Is it true that they "have never been in bondage to anyone" as they claim in John 8:33?

Is that what Jesus points out in John 8:34?

How does He mean by, "Everyone who commits sin is a slave of sin" (John 8:34)?

What sin enslaves you?

What is the consequence of being enslaved to sin?

How do we get free from them so that we can abide in Jesus' word?

What happens if we don't repent - i.e., turn away - from sin?

What about deacons, elders, pastors, seminary faculty and presidents who continue to commit (hidden) sin?

Answers: bibleversestudy.com/johngospel/john8-the-truth-will-set-you-free.htm

John 8:37-42 Bible Study Questions

Whom do the Jews claim as their father?

After saying that He knows they are that person's children, why does Jesus then say, “If you were [his] children” (John 8:39)?

From what did Jesus speak to them?

Why do the Jews say, “We were not born of fornication; we have one father: God” (John 8:41)?

Whom do people love if God the Father is their father?

What are the opening words of The Lord's prayer?

Are you in love with Jesus?

Answers: bibleversestudy.com/johngospel/john8-father-abraham.htm

John 8:43-47 Bible Study Questions

Why does Jesus say their real father is “the devil” (John 8:43)?

Is telling a white lie ok?

To which of the people who rejected Him did Jesus cling?

How do Jesus' words and example impact the preaching and witnessing of the Gospel today?

What does that mean for the myriad modern techniques and strategies aimed at getting unbelievers to say a prayer, which supposedly will turn them into Christians?

Answers: bibleversestudy.com/johngospel/john8-your-father-is-the-devil.htm

John 8:48-55 Bible Study Questions

How do the Jews respond to Jesus in John 8:48 and 8:52?

Why do they call Jesus a "Samaritan" in John 8:48?

What is the more serious sin the Jews committed against Jesus in this passage?

What could Jesus have done instead of responding to them?

When were the blasphemous unbelieving Jews struck dead and cast into hell?

Who is the “One” (John 8:50) who seeks glory for Jesus that He doesn't seek for Himself?

What will happen to those who “dishonor” (John 8:49) Jesus?

What did Jesus mean by "death" (John 8:51)?

Why do the Jews keep bringing up "Abraham" (John 8:52)?

Did Jesus compare Himself to Abraham and the prophets of the Old Testament?

Answers: bibleversestudy.com/johngospel/john8-samaritan.htm

John 8:56-59 Bible Study Questions

When did they take up stones?

Why did they take up stones?

When would you expect them to be angry enough to try to kill Jesus?

To them, why Jesus' declaration worse than what He had said about their father?

Why didn't the Jews consider it likewise early when they heard what is recorded in John 8:24 and 28?

How did Jesus hide Himself and go through "the midst of them" (John 8:59)?

How can God make Himself invisible and walk through a crowd?

What did Jesus mean by “Your father Abraham rejoiced to see My day, and he saw it and was glad" (John 8:56)?

How could Abraham, who lived two thousands years before Jesus was born, have seen Jesus (see Genesis 15)?

Answers: bibleversestudy.com/johngospel/john8-before-abraham-was-i-am.htm