John 8:7 - People's Commentary (NT)

John 8:7

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.

10 When Jesus had raised Himself up¹ and saw no one but the woman, He said to her, “Woman, where are those accusers² of yours? Has no one condemned you?”

11 She said, “No one, Lord.” And Jesus said to her, ^a“Neither do I condemn you; go and ^bsin no more.”

12 Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, ^a“I am the light of the world. He who ^bfollows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life.”

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John 8:7-9 He that is without sin among you. When they persisted, saying, "What sayest thou"? he said what was an awful rebuke. They knew that he knew their lives, that they were as guilty as the woman they had brought. They forgot the demand of Moses that the witnesses should cast the first stone (Deuteronomy 17:5-7), and his answer was like a bolt of lightning. Covered with shame, when he stooped and wrote again, they "went out one by one".

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