John 8:9

But upon hearing this, they went away, one by one, beginning with the eldest. And Jesus alone remained, with the woman standing in front of him.

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In The King James Version

And they which heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, even unto the last: and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst.

In Context

8And bending down again, he wrote on the earth.

10Then Jesus, raising himself up, said to her: “Woman, where are those who accused you? Has no one condemned you?”

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Cross References

Genesis 42:21and they spoke to one another: “We deserve to suffer these things, because we have sinned against our brother, seeing the anguish of his soul, when he begged us and we would not listen. For that reason, this tribulation has come upon us.”

1 Kings 17:18Therefore, she said to Elijah: “What is there between you and me, O man of God? Have you entered to me, so that my iniquities would be remembered, and so that you would put to death my son?”

Job 20:5that the praise of the impious shall be short, and the joy of the hypocrite lasts only a moment.

Psalms 9:15You lift me up from the gates of death, so that I may announce all your praises at the gates of the daughter of Zion.

Psalms 50:21Then you will accept the sacrifice of justice, oblations, and holocausts. Then they will lay calves upon your altar.

Ecclesiastes 7:22So then, do not attach your heart to every word that is spoken, lest perhaps you may hear your servant speaking ill of you.

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 →

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