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They said this testing him, that they might have something to accuse him of. But Jesus stooped down, and wrote on the ground with his finger, as if he didn`t hear.
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A Carefully Laid Trap
Commentators unanimously explain that the question about stoning the woman was a malicious trap. If Jesus agreed, He could be accused of usurping Roman authority over capital punishment. If He disagreed, He could be accused of undermining God's Law. His enemies were not seeking justice, but a reason to accuse Him.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
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…
Tempting him (πειραζοντες αυτον). Evil sense of this present active participle of πειραζω, as so often (10:2, etc.).
19th Century
Anglican
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 gloss, should als…
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Baptist
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…
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…
16th Century
Protestant
And Jesus stooping down. By this attitude he intended to show that he despised them. Those who conjecture that he wrote this or t…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
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…
13th Century
Catholic
After discussing the origin of Christ’s doctrine, the Evangelist now considers its power. The doctrine of Christ has the power both to enlighten an…
