John 8:6

They said this testing him, that they might have something to accuse him of. But Yeshua [Salvation] stooped down, and wrote on the ground with his finger.

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In The King James Version

This they said, tempting him, that they might have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground, as though he heard them not.

In Context

5Now in our Torah ·Teaching·, Moses [Drawn out] enjoined us that such a woman be stoned to death. + 8:5. (4-5) Selectively Quoted from Lev 20:10; Deut 22:21 + 8:5 Context: Death is the punishment for adultery according to Torah ·Teaching·, but this quote is missing the fact that both the man and woman are to be punished for adultery (Lev 20:10). The woman only is to be stoned if she is recently married but found to be not a virgin (Deut 22:21). What then do you say about her?”

7But when they continued asking him, he looked up and said to them, “He who is set apart from sin ·devoted to making the mark and taking share in the goal· among you, let him throw the first stone at her.”

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Cross References

Genesis 49:9Judah [Praised] is a lion’s cub. 2 From the prey, my son, you have gone up. 1 He stooped down, he crouched as a lion, 2 as a lioness. 2 Who will rouse him up? 1

Psalms 38:12They also who seek after my life lay snares. 2 Those who seek my hurt speak mischievous things, 2 and meditate deceits all day long. 1

Psalms 39:1I said, “I will watch my ways, so that I don’t sin ·err (the standard goal)· with my tongue. 2 I will keep my mouth with a bridle while the wicked is before me.” 1

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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