John 8:6

And this they said, tempting him, so that they might have ground to accuse him. But Jesus having stooped down, was writing on the ground.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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

5And in the law of Moses, God hath commanded us to stone such persons. What therefore dost thou say?

7And as they continued asking him, he straightened himself up, and said to them: Whoever among you is without sin, let him first cast a stone at her.

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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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