And again he stooped down, and wrote on the ground.
Ver. 8. And again he stooped down] In sign of slighting, or that he might give them the more confidence of going out, seeJohn 8:6. Our Saviour dealt by this adulteress somewhat like as the Areopagites dealt by the dame of Smyrna, whom they appointed to appear some hundred years after, to show that they would neither condemn not acquit her. (Rous, Arch. Att.)