sin? Not so, assuredly. Mark what He says : Go, henceforth sin no more. You see then that the Lord condemned, but He condemned siu, not man. For were He a favourer of sin, He would say, neither will I condemn thee, go, live as thou wilt."
The remark of Euthymius that our Lord considered the pub- lic shame and exposure sufficient punishment for the woman's sin, is thoroughly unsatisfactory, and not warranted by any- thing in the context. — The view of Bullinger and some others, that one principal object of the passage is to teach our Lord's mercy and readiness to pardon great sinners, appears to me quite destitute of foundation. Christ's abounding mercy is a great truth, but not the truth of this passage. — There seems no parallel between this woman and the Samaritan woman in John iv.
Poole observes that our Lord does not merely say " Commit adultery no more. No partial repentance or sorrow for any par- ticular sin will suffice a penitent that hopes for mercy from God; but a leaving off all sin, of what kind soever it is."