The Two Convictions
John 8:3-11
And the scribes and Pharisees brought to him a woman taken in adultery; and when they had set her in the middle,…


The Pharisees, convicted by their conscience, go away from Jesus; the woman, convicted by her conscience, remains with Jesus; the Pharisees conceal and withdraw from the Saviour their sin, which yet they cannot deny; the woman surrenders her sin to Jesus. for the burden of it she cannot bear. In short, the woman is penitent — the Pharisees are not. Thus it came to pass that the proceeding which the Pharisees were led to adopt through malignity only served to drive a lost sheep into the arms of the good Shepherd.

(R. Besser.)



Parallel Verses
KJV: And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a woman taken in adultery; and when they had set her in the midst,

WEB: The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman taken in adultery. Having set her in the midst,




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