“Consurgentes autem duo presbyteri in medio populi, posuerunt manus suas super caput ejus.”
Head, saying, “Thy malice brings on this chastisement, and not we.” (Lyran.) — They appear to discharge their conscience, (Leviticus i. 4. and xxiv. 14.) not as judges but as accusers. The people pass sentence, ver. 41. Adulteresses were stoned, Leviticus xx. 10. (Calmet)