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3 Then the scribes and Pharisees brought to Him a woman caught in adultery. And when they had set her in the midst,
4 they said to Him, “Teacher,1 this woman was caught in aadultery, in the very act.  
5 aNow Moses, in the law, commanded us2 that such should be stoned. But what do You3 say?”  
6 This they said, testing Him, that they amight have something of which to accuse Him. But Jesus stooped down and wrote on the ground with His finger,1 as though He did not hear.  
7 So when they continued asking Him, He1 raised Himself up and said to them, a“He who is without sin among you, let him throw a stone at her first.”  
8 And again He stooped down and wrote on the ground.
9 Then those who heard it, abeing convicted by their conscience, went out one by one, beginning with the oldest even to the last. And Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst.  
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John 8:5

Commanded (eneteilato). First aorist middle indicative of entellw, old verb to enjoin (Matthew 4:6).

To stone such (tav toiautav liqazein). Present active infinitive of liqazw (from liqov), from Aristotle on. Stoning was specified for the case of a betrothed woman guilty of adultery (Deuteronomy 22:23 f.) and for a priest's daughter if guilty. In other cases just death was commanded (Leviticus 20:10; Deuteronomy 22:22). The Talmud prescribes strangulation. This case may have strictly come within the regulation as a betrothed virgin.

What then sayest thou of her? (su oun ti legeis). "Thou then, what dost thou say?" This was the whole point, to catch Jesus, not to punish the woman.


 
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