And bending down again, he went on writing on the ground.
Note. This passage (the woman caught in adultery) is missing from the earliest manuscripts; the tradition preserves it here.
In context
6They said this to test him, so that they would have grounds to accuse him. But Jesus bent down and began writing on the ground with his finger. 7When they kept pressing him with questions, he straightened up and said to them, “Let the one among you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her.” 8And bending down again, he went on writing on the ground. 9When they heard this, they slipped away one by one, the elders first, until he was left alone, with the woman still standing there in the middle. 10Jesus straightened up and said to her, “Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?”
