What did Jesus write on the ground in John 8 verse 6?

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Quick reference;8:6 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.

see Jeremiah 17:13 O Jehovah, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be put to shame. They that depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken Jehovah, the fountain of living waters.

The Bible doesn't say what Jesus wrote.,. Maybe similar to the following;Matthew 71Judge not, that ye be not judged.Luke 637Judge not, and ye shall not be judged.Romans 21Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things.James 412Who art thou that judgest another? The only thing Jesus could have written to make the scribes and Pharisees leave was their own law requiring both parties involved in adultery to be taken out and stoned.

Actually, I heard that people draw a circle in the dirt around the one being stoned, and if they escape by the time they throw their rocks they're free to go. I think Jesus might have been drawing the stoning circle around him and her. I dunno though, just speculating.

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Remembering that Jesus was both human and God, and could see the inner heart of man, it has been conjectured that Jesus wrote down specific sins that He knew those people had done, possibly even the date or location, thus causing them to slink away, For example, by writing the commandment "You shall not committ adultery" and then looking at every adulterer in the crowd.

Alternatively, Jesus may not have written anything. It could be as simple as Christ just doodling in the ground. You don't hear a doodle, but verse 9 specifically says they heard the fact which they had concealed actually spoken out loud for everyone to hear. It doesn't say Jesus spoke to their heart! Imagine if your name was Benjamin, and Jesus said "Benjamin, in Bethlehem 19 years ago you committed adultery with your daughter-in-law as part-payment of her debt to you. Oh, and by the way, in case you think I am just making this up, that was after you had tripped over the back step." Imagine how humiliated and ashamed you would feel!

John 8:8-9 ASV And again he stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground. (v.9) And they, WHEN THEY HEARDIT, went out one by one, beginning from the eldest........