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The verses 7:53-8 :2 are very like Lk. 21 :37,38. But the
details would be equally true for any occasion when Jesus was teaching in the
temple.
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In the very act. The Greek root means
'theft'.
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Such. The Greek word is feminine. There is pointed
ignoring of the man involved.
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This they said. Explanatory insertions are
characteristic of John's gospel: 6:6,71; 7:39; 11 :13,51;21:19,
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Wrote. Continuous tense: he kept on writing.
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Continued. The word means either that they kept at it
(as in Acts 12 :10), or that they stayed on (contrast v.9),
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Without sin. Dt.29 :18-20 has other significant
allusions to the trial of bitter waters: "turneth away... galled wormwood
(bitter waters?)... curse. ..his jealousy. ..all the curses written in this
book.. .blot out his name."
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Eldest...last The word is literally elders and
last may perhaps mean least important; cp. 1 Cor.4:9, 15:8.
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