1. John 8:7 (ESV)
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What is important about Jesus’ standing up?

John 8:7 (ESV)

7 And as they continued to ask him, he stood up and said to them, “Let him who is without sin among you be the first to throw a stone at her.”

This body language is important. First he was sitting, teaching the people. Then he bowed down, looking at the ground, writing in the sand, ignoring the Pharisees. Now he stands up so he can look the Pharisees in the eye.

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