John 8:7

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.”

Commentaries:

Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)

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When they continued asking (wv epemenon erwtwntev). Imperfect active indicative of epimenw (waiting in addition or still, epi, old verb) with supplementary active participle of erwtaw, to question. See same construction in Acts 12:16 The verb epimenw does not occur in John. They saw that Jesus seemed embarrassed, but did not know that it was as much because of "the brazen hardness of the prosecutors" as because of the shame of the deed.

He lifted himself up (anekuyen). First aorist active indicative of anakuptw, the opposite of katakuptw, to bend down (verse John 8:8) or of katw kuptw (verse John 8:6).

He that is without sin (o anamarthtov). Verbal adjective (an privative and amarthtov from amartanw), old word, either one who has not sinned as here and Deuteronomy 29:19 or one who cannot sin, not in the N.T.

Among you (umwn). Objective genitive.

First cast (prwtov baletw). The nominative prwtov means first before others, be the first to cast, not cast before he does something else. See John 20:4. The verb is second aorist imperative of ballw, old verb to fling or cast. Jesus thus picks out the executioner in the case.

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