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John 8:6-8
Lexham English Bible
John 8:6-8
Lexham English Bible
6 (Now they were saying this to test him, so that they would have an occasion[a] to bring charges against him.) But Jesus, bending down, began to write[b] with his[c] finger on the ground, taking no notice.[d] 7 And when they persisted in asking him, straightening up he said[e] to them, “The one of you without sin, let him throw the first stone at her!” 8 And bending down again, he wrote on the ground.
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- John 8:6 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
- John 8:6 The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here (“began to write”)
- John 8:6 Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
- John 8:6 Some manuscripts omit “taking no notice”
- John 8:7 Some manuscripts have “he straightened up and said”
John 8:6-8
New International Version
John 8:6-8
New International Version
6 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. 7 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) 8 Again he stooped down and wrote on the ground.
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