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NASB | John 8:1 But Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | John 8:1 But Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. |
Subject: Why was not the man accused of adultery. |
Bible Note: Hello Colin, You point is noted. However, most footnotes mention that John 7:53-8:11 is in question as most early manuscripts do not include it! With that being said, I completely disagree that "scripture is silent about their consciences"! Quite the opposite. John 8:9 reads, "Then those who heard it, being convicted by their conscience, went out one by one..." (NKJV) "and they having heard, and by the conscience being convicted, were going forth one by one, having begun from the elders—unto the last; and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst." [Robert Young, Young's Literal Translation, Jn 8:9] The plain meaning of the text is derived from Jesus question in 8:7, "He who is without sin among you, let him be the first to throw a stone at her." He asked because He: Knows all men; and knew what was in their hearts! A.T Robertson notes, "Beginning from the eldest [arxamenoi apo ton presbuteron]. “From the elder (comparative form, common in Koine as superlative) men,” as was natural for they had more sins of this sort which they recalled. “They are summoned to judge themselves rather than the woman” [A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament] Spurgeon notes: 6, 7. 'But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground, as though he heard them not. 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'. That sentence must have flashed like a drawn sword, keen as a razor, through the very midst of them. Here were men who had probably been living in abominable sin, yet they had brought this poor sinful woman to Jesus, and laid this accusation against her. 8. 'And again he stooped down, and wrote on the ground.' After he had fired that one red-hot shot, he waited until it had produced its due effect. 9. 'And they which heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, even unto the last; and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst.' They left her alone with Jesus in the midst of the place that the guilty crowd had forsaken in silent shame." My primary conclusion would not be that they were “thwarted”! Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |