John 8:6

They said this to test Him, in order to have a basis for accusing Him. But Jesus bent down and began to write on the ground with His finger.
BSB · Berean Standard Bible
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 · King James Version
They said this testing him, that they might have something to accuse him of. But Jesus stooped down and wrote on the ground with his finger.
WEB · World English Bible
And this they said, trying him, that they might have whereof to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground.
ASV · American Standard Version

Related passages

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.

tempting
Numbers 14:22; Matthew 19:3; Luke 10:25; Luke 11:53, 54; Luke 20:20–23; 1 Corinthians 10:9
But
John 8:2; Genesis 49:9; Jeremiah 17:13; Daniel 5:5
as though
Psalm 38:12–14; Psalm 39:1; Proverbs 26:17; Ecclesiastes 3:7; Amos 5:10, 13; Matthew 10:16; Matthew 15:23; Matthew 26:63