John 8:8

And againe, hee stouped downe, and wrote on the ground.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan

Again He stooped down and wrote on the ground.
- New American Standard Version (1995)

And again he stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground.
- American Standard Version (1901)

And again, with bent head, he made letters on the floor.
- Basic English Bible

And again stooping down he wrote on the ground.
- Darby Bible

And again he stooped down, and wrote on the ground.
- Webster's Bible

Then He leant forward again, and again began to write on the ground.
- Weymouth Bible

Again he stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground.
- World English Bible

And eft he bowide hym silf, and wroot in the erthe.
- Wycliffe Bible

and again having stooped down, he was writing on the ground,
- Youngs Literal Bible

Wesley's Notes for John 8:8

8:6 That they might have to accuse him - Either of usurping the office of a judge, if he condemned her, or of being an enemy to the law, if he acquitted her. Jesus stooping down, wrote with his finger on the ground - God wrote once in the Old Testament; Christ once in the New: perhaps the words which he afterward spoke, when they continued asking him. By this silent action, he, fixed their wandering, hurrying thoughts, in order to awaken their consciences: and, signified that he was not then come to condemn but to save the world.

8:7 He that is without sin - 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, cast the first stone at her.

8:9 Beginning at the eldest - Or the elders. Jesus was left alone - By all those scribes and Pharisees who proposed the question. But many others remained, to whom our Lord directed his discourse presently after.

8:10 Hath no man condemned thee? - Hath no judicial sentence been passed upon thee?