John 8:6
They said this, testing him, so that they might have something against him. But Jesus, with his head bent down, made letters on the floor with his finger.
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In Context
5Now in the law Moses gave directions that such women were to be stoned; what do you say about it?
Cross References
Genesis 49:9Judah is a young lion; like a lion full of meat you have become great, my son; now he takes his rest like a lion stretched out and like an old lion; by whom will his sleep be broken?
Psalms 38:12\38:11\My lovers and my friends keep away from my disease; my relations keep far away.
Psalms 39:1To the chief music-maker. Of Jeduthun. A Psalm. Of David.
Ecclesiastes 3:7A time for undoing and a time for stitching; a time for keeping quiet and a time for talk;
Daniel 5:5In that very hour the fingers of a man's hand were seen, writing opposite the support for the light on the white wall of the king's house, and the king saw the part of the hand which was writing.
Amos 5:13So the wise will say nothing in that time; for it is an evil time.
Matthew Henry on John 8:2-12
The Woman Taken in Adultery. 1 Jesus went unto the mount of Olives. 2 And early in the morning he came again into the temple, and all the people came unto him; and he sat down, and taught them. 3 And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a woman taken in adultery; and when they had set her in the midst, 4 They say unto him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act. 5 Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should be stoned: but what sayest thou? 6 This they said, tempting him, that they… Read the whole commentary →