Tempting him. Trying him, or laying a plan that they might have occasion to accuse him. If he decided the case, they expected to be able t…

Regarding the text, see the Note on John 8:4. The last words, which are in italics in the source text and serve as an explanatory glo , should also…

I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work. As long as I am in the world, I am the ligh…

Alcuin of York: At the time of His passion, our Lord would spend the day in Jerusalem, preaching in the temple and performing…

The Pharisees’ question was emphatic: “You, there! What do you say?” Jesus made no reply but “bent down and started to write on the ground with his…

And Jesus stooping down. By this attitude he intended to show that he despised them. Those who conjecture that he wrote this or t…

This they said, tempting him
For they brought this woman, and exposed her in this manner, not because of their abhor…

Christ neither found fault with the law, nor excused the prisoner's guilt; nor did He approve of the pretended zeal of the Pharisees. Those who jud…

After discu ing the origin of Christ’s doctrine, the Evangelist now considers its power. The doctrine of Christ has the power both to enlighten and…