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This they sayde to tempte hym, that they myght accuse hym. But Iesus stowped downe, and with his fynger wrote on the grounde.

John 8:6

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In other translations

Louis Segond 1910Ils disaient cela pour l'éprouver, afin de pouvoir l'accuser. Mais Jésus, s'étant baissé, écrivait avec le doigt sur la terre.
Martin 1744Or ils disaient cela pour l'éprouver, afin qu'ils eussent de quoi l'accuser. Mais Jésus s'étant penché en bas écrivait avec son doigt sur la terre.
King JamesThis they said, tempting him, that they might have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground, as though he heard them not.

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