20. These words spake Jesus in the treasury--a division, so
called, of the fore court of the temple, part of the court of the women
[JOSEPHUS, Antiquities, 19.6.2, &c.], which
may confirm the genuineness of
Joh 8:2-11,
as the place where the woman was brought.
no man laid hands on him, &c.--(See on
Joh 7:30).
In the dialogue that follows, the conflict waxes sharper on both sides,
till rising to its climax, they take up stones to stone him.
JFB.
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