...and thereby exposing himself to the censure of counteracting the law, which the Jews held sacred. " But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground, as though he heard them not." Considerable light is thrown upon this action by the relation of a writer-of good credit f, who lived...

...first a cold and sullen reception, well suited to the insidious intention with which they came : ' He stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground, as though he heard them not.' ' When they continued asking him,' when they teased him to speak, he dismissed them with a rebuke,...

...have to accuse him. But Jesus stoop' ed down, and with his finger wrote on the ground, as though 7 he heard them not. So when they continued asking him,...himself, and said unto them ; He that is without sin 8 among you, let him first cast a stone at her. And again he 9 stooped down, and wrote on the ground....

...stoned : but what sayest thou ? 6 This they said, tempting him, that they might have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground, as though he heard them not. 7 So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin...

...strong meat belongeth to them that are perfect,' TtXilOT. John viii. 6. In our English copies it is, ' Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground, as though he heard them not,' as for the words, (as though he heard them not,) they are added by the translators, for there is nothing...

...into their own hands. But Jesus, who well knew their malicious intentions, made them no answer, but stooped " down, and with his finger wrote on the ground, as though he heard them not." John, viii. 6. They, however, still continued pressing him to give an answer, and, at last, Jesus,...

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...6 stoned ; but what sayest thou ? This they said, tempting him, that they might have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground, as though 7 he heard them \iot. So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them ;...

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...and sullen reception, well suited to the insidious intention with which they came: " He stooped drwn, and with his finger wrote on the ground, as though he heard them not." "When they continued asking him," when they teased him to speak, he dismissed them with a rebuke, which...