Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on John 8:4

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4, 5. woman . . . in adultery . . . Moses . . . commanded . . . should be stoned —simply put to death ( Deuteronomy 22:22 ), but in aggravated cases, at least in later times, this was probably by stoning ( Ezekiel 16:40 ). but what sayest thou —hoping, whatever He might answer, to put Him in the wrong:—if He said, Stone her, that would seem a stepping out of His province; if He forbade it, that would hold Him up as a relaxer of the public morals. But these cunning hypocrites were overmatched. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-6" class="com-number"

Pericope (part_of)

• part_of pericope/per-jhn-8-001

절 (explains)

bible-text/jhn-8-4

Source

• source-manifest/jfb — Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (PD)
• evidence_grade: T_theological