John 8

6 (Now they were saying this to test him, so that they would have an occasion**Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation to bring charges against him.) But Jesus, bending down, began to write**The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here ("began to write") with his**Literally "the"; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun finger on the ground, taking no notice.*Some manuscripts omit "taking no notice"