Matthew Poole and continuators on John 8:10

10 When Jesus had lift up himself, and saw none but the woman , he said unto her, Woman, where are those thine accusers? hath no man condemned thee ?

The close of the former verse told us, that tho the Scribes and Pharisees were gone, yet the Woman was left in the midst, expecting Christs Sentence:

Christ knew well enough that the Scribes and Pharisees, this poor Womans Accusers, were gone; but yet he acteth warily, and calls for her Accusers, and asks if no man had Condemned her? Thereby intimating, that the Law against [illegible: 1 word] was a just Law; and if the Crime were proved against her, she deserved to dye; but she must first be Convicted, and Condemned: He asks her, If she were Condemned? For then he had nothing to say. She tells him, None had.