Moses. See note on John 1:17.
commanded... stoned. This law referred only to. "betrothed damsel "(Deuteronomy 22:24); and to show that the Lord knew their thoughts, and knew also that this was another man's "wife". He complied with the law prescribed in "such". case (Numbers 5:11-31), and stooped down and wrote the curses (as required in John 8:23) on the ground.
but. therefore.