March 21st, 2026

The season of Lent continues on for a little while longer. This Sunday is called the “Fifth Sunday in Lent”. After that it is Holy Week, an EXTREMELY special time. And it may be said that the Gospel Reading for this Sunday is also particularly special, with the text being John 11:1-45, the resurrection of Lazarus, a man who was dead for four days. And with this already lengthy text, there is also the option of adding verses 46-53. It should be mentioned that there is also another option of a shorter text, only verses 17-27 and 38-53 of that same chapter. Either way, the progression continues, and Jesus is closer to the cross.

With the writings of this website, we have been going through that same, special Gospel account, the Gospel according to John, and an EXTREMELY literal translation has been laid out with each writing, and no verses have been skipped. And we are currently going through what is called the eighth chapter of that account. There have been some enemies of Jesus, but sometimes things turn around, and some now have a positive attitude toward Jesus. There are also some positive things that turn into something that is negative. The following text has a positive ending, and hopefully you will enjoy it. But heads up; in a little while a negative thing will show itself.

If you are familiar with the translations of this writing, you may skip this and the following three paragraphs. The translation below may be described as EXTREMELY literal, and because of that, it may be EXTREMELY helpful to have another translation of the text nearby or perhaps a study bible.

The first thing to mention regarding the description of being EXTREMELY literal is that the verse numbers will not be included within the text itself. The numbers may sometimes be a distraction when dealing with the progression of the text. And they tend to point the reader toward the beginning of the work when the writer is usually wanting the reader to look toward the ending.

It should also be noted that the words with hyphens occur when more than one English word is used to describe a single word of the ancient Greek. And the particular words chosen below are meant to point out the close connection that often occurs between the English and Greek languages. (It may be said that an exception to this is the Greek word for “witness”. This word sounds very similar to the word “martyr”, but the meaning of the two words is significantly different. That is why the translation below still uses the word “witness”.) 

It is also important to mention is that the order of the words below is also the same order that is in the ancient Greek. This may help to show the important words, especially when another word besides the verb is first in the sentence. The exception to this translation order is that there are just a small number of words (like “therefore” and “now”) that are usually second in a sentence that are meant to be first when translated. It should be said that repetition of words is frequent in the text below and should be noted as an emphasis. One more thing to mention is that, although there is no occurrence of the following in the text below, the verbs in capital letters are called HISTORICAL PRESENTS. That is when a verb in a past tense is expected, but a verb in the present tense is given. These have been explained elsewhere, and it may be helpful to read some of the other writings of this website.

What follows is an EXTREMELY literal translation of John 8:12-30:

Therefore  again,  to-them  he-spoke,  the  Jesus,  saying,  “I,  I-am  the  light  of-the  cosmos.  The-one  following  me,  certainly  not  he-will-walk-around  in  the  darkness,  but-on-the-contrary,  he-will-have  the  light  of-the  life.”

Therefore  they-said  to-him,  the  Pharisees,  “You,  concerning  yourself,  you-are-witnessing;  the  witness  of-you,  not  it-is  true.”

He-answered,  Jesus,  and  he-said  to-them,  “And-if  I,  I-witness  concerning  myself,  true  is  the  witness  of-me,  because  I-know  from-where  I-came  and  where  I-go-away;  now  you,  not  you-do-know  from-where  I-come  or  where  I-go-away.  You,  according  to-the  flesh,  you-judge;  I,  not  I-judge   no-one.  Now  even  if  I-judge,  I;  the  judgment,  the  my,  true  it-is,  because  alone  not  I-am,  but-on-the-contrary,  I  and  the-one  having-sent  me.  Now  also  in  the  Law,  the  your,  it-has-been-written  that  of-two  anthropoids,  the  witness  true  it-is.  I,  I-am  the-one  witnessing  concerning  myself,  and  he-witnesses  concerning  me,  the-one  having-sent  me,  Father.”
Therefore  they-were-saying  to-him,  “Where  is  the  Father  of-you?”

He-answered,  Jesus,  “Neither  me  you-know,  nor  the  Father  of-me;  if  me,  you-knew,  also  the  Father  of-me,  would  you-have-known.”  These,  the  sayings,  he-was-speaking  in  the  treasury,  teaching  in  the  temple;  and  no-one  seized  him,  because  not-yet  it-had-come,  the  hour  of-him.

Therefore  he-said  again  to-them,  “I,  I-go-away,  and  you-will-seek  me,  and  in  the  sin  of-you  you-will-die;  where  I,  I-go-away,  you,  not  you-are-able  to-come.”

Therefore  they-were-saying,  the  Jews,  “Not  he-will-kill  himself,  because  he-says,  ‘Where  I,  I-go-away,  you,  not  you-are-able  to-come’?”

And  he-was-saying  to-them,  “You,  out-of  the-things  below,  you-are;  I  out-of  the-things  above,  I-am;  you,  out-of  this,  the  world,  you-are;  I,  not  I-am  out-of  the  world,  this.  Therefore  I-said  to-you  that  you-will-die  in  the  sins  of-you;  for  if  not  you-believe  that  I,  I-am,  you-will-die  in  the  sins  of-you.”

Therefore  they-were-saying  to-him,  “You,  who  are-you?”

He-said  to-them,  the  Jesus,  “In-the  beginning,  the  why,  indeed,  I-am-talking  to-you?  Many-things  I-have  concerning  you  to-speak  and  to-judge,  but-on-the-contrary,  the-one  having-sent  me,  true  he-is,  and-I,  the-things  I-heard  concerning  him,  these-things  I-am-talking  into  the  cosmos.” 
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Not  did-they-know  that  the  Father,  to-them  he-was-speaking-of.  Therefore  he-said  to-them,  the  Jesus,  “When  you-will-lift-up  the  Son  of-the  Man,  then  you-will-know  that  I,  I-am,  and  from  myself  I-do  nothing,  but-on-the-contrary,  just-as  he-taught  me,  the  Father,  these-things  I-am-speaking.  And  the-one  having-sent  me,  with  me  he-is;  not  did-he-leave  me  mono,  because  I,  the-things  pleasing  to-him,  I-am-doing  always.”  These-things  he  speaking,  many  believed  into  him.