All the while Jesus was at Jerusalem during the feast He was shadowed by spies. Day after day new schemes to silence Him were tried. The priests and rulers were watching to entrap Him. They were planning to stop Him by violence. But this was not all. They wanted to humble this Galilean rabbi before the people.

Dette kapitel er bygget op over Joh 7,16-36.40-53; 8,1-11
Hele tiden, medens Jesus var i Jerusalem under højtiden, blev han skygget af spioner. Dag efter dag forsøgte man nye påfund for at få ham til at tie. Præsterne og rådsherrerne var på vagt for at lokke ham i en fælde. De lagde planer om at standse ham med vold. Men dette var ikke alt. De ville ydmyge denne galilæiske lærer i folkets påsyn.