John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 8:4
They say unto him, Master ,.... They applied to him in a handsome and respectful manner, the better to cover their ill design: this woman was taken in adultery ; by two persons at least, who could be witnesses of it; otherwise the accusation was not legal; see Deuteronomy 19:15 ; though in the case of a wife suspected of adultery, they admitted a single witness as valid F6 Maimon. Hilchot Eduth, c. 5. sect. 2. : in the very act ; or "in the theft itself", for adultery is a... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - John 8:1-11
Though Christ was basely abused in the foregoing chapter, both by the rulers and by the people, yet here we have him still at Jerusalem, still in the temple. How often would he have gathered them! Observe, I. His retirement in the evening out of the town (John 8:1): He went unto the mount of olives; whether to some friend's house, or to some booth pitched there, now at the feast of tabernacles, is not certain; whether he rested there, or, as some think, continued all night in prayer to God, we... read more