They were using this question as a trap,(A) in order to have a basis for accusing him.(B)

But Jesus bent down and started to write on the ground with his finger. When they kept on questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, “Let any one of you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone(C) at her.”(D) Again he stooped down and wrote on the ground.

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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.

So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.

And again he stooped down, and wrote on the ground.

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This they said, testing Him, that they (A)might have something of which to accuse Him. But Jesus stooped down and wrote on the ground with His finger, [a]as though He did not hear.

So when they continued asking Him, He [b]raised Himself up and said to them, (B)“He who is without sin among you, let him throw a stone at her first.” And again He stooped down and wrote on the ground.

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Footnotes

  1. John 8:6 NU, M omit as though He did not hear
  2. John 8:7 M He looked up