Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
stooped down—It will be observed He was sitting when they came to Him.
with his finger wrote on the ground—The words of our translators in italics ("as though He heard them not") have hardly improved the sense, for it is scarcely probable He could wish that to be thought. Rather He wished to show them His aversion to enter on the subject. But as this did not suit them, they "continue asking Him," pressing for an answer. At last, raising Himself He said.
scribes and Pharisees—foiled in their yesterday's attempt, and hoping to succeed better in this.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing John 8:6:
Jeremiah 17:13
John 8:1-2
John 8:20
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