Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should be stoned: but what sayest thou?
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Gill's Exposition
This they said, tempting him,.... For they brought this woman, and exposed her in this manner, not because of their abhorrence and detestation of the sin; nor did they put the above question to…
Barnes' Notes
Moses in the law ... - The punishment of adultery commanded by Moses was death, Lev 20:10; Deu 22:22. The particular manner of the death was not specified in the law. The Jews had themselves, in the…
Adam Clarke
That such should be stoned - It is not strictly true that Moses ordered adultery in general to be punished by stoning. The law simply says that the adulterer and the adulteress shall be put to death.…
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!…
Cambridge Bible
Moses in the law Of the two texts given in the margin of our Bible, Lev 20:10 and Deu 22:22, probably neither is correct. It is often assumed that -put to death" in Jewish Law means stoning: such…
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