9And they which heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, even unto the last: and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst.
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Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another;)
For oftentimes also thine own heart knoweth that thou thyself likewise hast cursed others.
For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things.
And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us. …
Let them be confounded and consumed that are adversaries to my soul; let them be covered with reproach and dishonour that seek my hurt.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-11)Though Christ was basely abused in the foregoing chapter, both by the rulers and by the people, yet here we have him still at Jerusalem, still in the temple. How often would he have gathered them ! Observe, I. His retirement in the evening out of the town (John 8:1): He went unto the mount of olives ; whether to some friend’s house, or to some booth pitched there, now at the feast of tabernacles,…
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