A moment in scripture
John 8:6
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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.
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The surrounding passage
- John 8:4
They say unto him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act.
- John 8:5
Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should be stoned: but what sayest thou?
- John 8:7
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.
- John 8:8
And again he stooped down, and wrote on the ground.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.