...opportunity of doing so, they brought the woman into the temple before him, and charged the crime upon her. " But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground, as though he heard them not." He prudently refused to give a direct answer, or to enquire into particulars. What he wrote cannot...

...act. 5 Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should he stoned : hut what sayest thou ? с 6 This they said, tempting him. that they might have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, anJ with hit finger wrote on the ground. as though he heard them not. k T So when they continued asking...

...person, brought unto him a woman, saying : « Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act : now Moses in the law commanded us , that such should be stoned : but what sayest thou ? » Jesus Christ stooping down , wrote with his finger and said to thém : « He that is without sin...

...person, brought unto him a woman, saying : » Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act : now Moses in the law commanded us , that such should be stoned : but what sayest thou ? » Jesus Christ stooping down , wrote with his finger and said to them : » He that is without sin...

...law commanded us, that 5 such should be stoned : but what sayest thou ? This they said, tempting 6 him, that they might have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with Ms finger wrote on the ground, as though he heard them not. So 7 when they continued asking him, he...

...Moses in the law commanded us, that such should be stoned : but what sayest thou? 6 This him, that accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground, a* though he heard they said, tempting they might have to JOHN, Christ justifieth his doctrine, unto...

...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...

...woman was taken in adultery, in the very act. Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should bi; stoned ; but what sayest thou ? This they said tempting him, that they might have to accuse him." The object of the Pharisees was, to get an accusation against Christ ; ind the method they took to...

...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,...

...was taken in adultery, in the very act. 5 Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should be 6 stoned ; but what sayest thou ? This they said, tempting...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 ;...