And again he stooped down, and wrote on the ground.
And again he stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground.
and again having stooped down, he was writing on the ground,
And again stooping down he wrote on the ground.
John — The Gospel of sevens and signs. Seven signs, seven 'I AM' sayings, a prologue and an epilogue — written 'that ye might believe' (20:31).
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This is like our Lord; while His eyes are fixed, and He seems attending to something else, He gives the bystanders an opportunity of retiring: a tacit admonition to us to consider always both before we condemn a brother for a sin, and after we have punished him, whether we are not guilty ourselves of the same fault, or others as bad.
Alcuin of York· Catena Aurea by Aquinas, 804patristic
And he [Papias] relates another story of a woman, who was accused of many sins before the Lord, which is contained in the Gospel according to the Hebrews. These things we have thought it necessary to observe in addition to what has been already stated.
Eusebius of Caesarea· Church History (Book III), Chapter 39, Section 16, 339patristic
And again he stooped down, and wrote on the ground. As before, having said enough to confound them; and yet unwilling to pursue the matter any further, or publicly expose them in any other way; and that they might have an opportunity of withdrawing themselves without any further notice of his, he took this method.
John Gill· Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)reformed
Now this proves not only that the Father and the Son are two distinct persons (for their respective testimonies are here spoken of as the testimonies of two several persons), but that these two are one, not only one in their testimony, but equal in power and glory, and therefore the same in substance.
Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan
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Then he is to take some holy water in a clay jar and put some of the dust from the tabernacle floor into the water.
