069. "He Wrote on the Ground"

"He Wrote on the Ground"

(John 8:6) "Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground."

"This story of Jesus writing in the sand appears picturesque, unusual. Instead, it was the common, universal habit or practice. You visit a native camp or village today and you will see Bedouins sitting idle, scribbling words or sentences with their finger or a camel-wand. Often when they desire to describe something to you they will draw the whole plan in the sand with their finger. Sometimes in bargaining for sheep or goats all the computations will be made by writing in the sand. It has always been and is today a common practice.

"Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground."