This 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].
KJV
Greek original
Louis Segond 1910
Ils disaient cela pour l'éprouver, afin de pouvoir l'accuser. Mais Jésus, s'étant baissé, écrivait avec le doigt sur la terre.
KJV
This 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].
Various
Patrologia Latina Vol. 112 (Migne)
XI, 19.] .» Digitus, discretio, ut in Evangelio: «Digito scribebat in terram [Note: [Col. 0909] 37 Joan. VIII, 6, 8.] ,» quod humili discretione terrenum cor nostrum perscrutari debemus. Digitus, moderamen, ut in Job: «Superponite digitum vestrum cordi vestro [Note: [Col. 09…
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Patrologia Latina Vol. 183 (Migne)
0392D] quo die legitur Susannae historia, et Evangelium de muliere adultera] . De muliere adultera (Joan. VIII, 3-11) ; de Susanna (Dan. XIII) : de B. Maria (Luc. I, 26-38) . 1. Quam dives es in misericordia, quam magnificus [Col. 0393A] in justitia, in gratia quam munific…
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Patrologia Latina Vol. 183 (Migne)
linet coelos, pro quibus ipse quoque coelorum rex inclinavit se, ita ut digito in terram scriberet? (Joan. VIII, 6.) Domine, inclina coelos tuos (parum est), et descende (Psal. CXLIII, 5) . Quid ultra? Ut quibus condescendit, faciat etiam coascendere sibi. Caeterum, ut jam diximu…
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