john-8:3-7

The Pulpit Commentary - John 8:6

But this they said tempting him, that they might have ( whereof ) to accuse him . They sought a ground of formal accusation against Jesus. This implies some court before which the charge they desired to formulate it might be brought. The precise accusation is difficult to determine, and sundry distinguished scholars, Lucke, De Wette, and Alford, declare the problem or question insoluble. Augustine has been followed by a great body of expositors, who have supposed that an affirmative... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 8:7-8

But when they continued asking him; he lifted up himself, £ and said unto them, He that is without sin, let him first c ast a stone at her. And again he stooped down, and with his finger £ was writing on the ground. The imperfect tense of ἔγραφεν , twice repeated, seems more in harmony with the symbolic meaning of the act than with the record on his part of any special sentence of his supreme wisdom. Christ refused to act the part of the civil magistrate, or to countenance... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - John 8:5

Moses in the law ... - The punishment of adultery commanded by Moses was death, Leviticus 20:10; Deuteronomy 22:22. The particular manner of the death was not specified in the law. The Jews had themselves, in the time of Christ, determined that it should be by stoning. See this described in the notes at Matthew 21:35, Matthew 21:44. The punishment for adultery varied. In some cases it was strangling. In the time of Ezekiel Ezekiel 16:38-40 it was stoning and being thrust through with a sword.... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - John 8:6

Tempting him - Trying him, or laying a plan that they might have occasion to accuse him. If he decided the case, they expected to be able to bring an accusation against him; for if he decided that she ought to die, they might accuse him of claiming power which belonged to the Romans - the power of life and death. They might allege that it was not the giving an opinion about an abstract case, but that she was formally before him, that he decided her case judicially, and that without authority or... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - John 8:7

They continued asking him - They pressed the question upon him. They were determined to extort an answer from him, and showed a perseverance in evil which has been unhappily often imitated.Is without sin - That is, without this particular sin; he who has not himself been guilty of this very crime - for in this place the connection evidently demands this meaning.Let him first cast a stone at her - In the punishment by death, one of the witnesses threw the culprit from the scaffold, and the other... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - John 8:3-4

John 8:3-4. And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a woman, &c. While he was thus employed, the scribes and Pharisees set a woman before him, that had been taken in the act of adultery; and standing round him, desired his opinion of the affair, which, it appears from John 8:6, they did with an insidious intention. “Probably,” says Dr. Macknight, “the Romans had modelled the laws of Judea according to the jurisprudence of Rome, and in particular had mitigated the severity of the... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - John 8:5-6

John 8:5-6. Now Moses commanded that such should be stoned If they spoke accurately, this must have been a woman who, having been betrothed to a husband, had been guilty of this crime before the marriage was completed, for such only Moses commanded to be stoned. He commanded, indeed, that other adulteresses should be put to death; but the manner of death was not specified. It may be inferred, however, from Ezekiel 16:38-40, that though the law of Moses did not expressly enjoin it, the Jews... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - John 8:7-9

John 8:7-9. When they continued asking him That is, pressed him with great importunity to give an answer, thinking, no doubt, that they had him at a great advantage; he lifted up himself, and, without replying directly to their demand, said, He that is without sin among you He that is not guilty (his own conscience being the judge) either of the same sin or of some nearly resembling it; let him As a witness; first cast a stone at her He alludes to the law, (Deuteronomy 17:7,) which... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - John 8:1-11

88. Woman caught in adultery (John 8:1-11)When Jesus returned to the temple the next day, the scribes and Pharisees brought to him a woman whom they had caught in adultery, and asked him to give a judgment. This was not because they wanted to find out God’s will, but because they wanted to trap Jesus and so have an accusation to bring against him. If he did not condemn the woman to death, they could accuse him to the Sanhedrin of defying the law. If he did condemn her to death, they could... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - John 8:3

Pharisees . See App-120 . brought = bring. taken = having been taken. in. Greek. en. App-104 , read more

The Pulpit Commentary - John 8:6

The Pulpit Commentary - John 8:7-8

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - John 8:5

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - John 8:6

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - John 8:7

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - John 8:3-4

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - John 8:5-6

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - John 8:7-9

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - John 8:1-11

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - John 8:3

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