"Jesus looked for a moment upon the scene,—the trembling victim in her shame, the hard-faced dignitaries, devoid of even human pity. His spirit of stainless purity shrank from the spectacle. Well He knew for what purpose this case had been brought to Him. He read the heart, and knew the character and life history of everyone in His presence. These would-be guardians of justice had themselves led their victim into sin, that they might lay a snare for Jesus. Giving no sign that He had heard their question, He stooped, and fixing His eyes upon the ground, began to write in the dust. DA 461.1"
"And needed not that any should testify of man: for he knew what was in man."
Both passages highlight Jesus' ability to know the hearts and minds of people. The EGW passage specifically mentions that Jesus 'read the heart, and knew the character and life history of everyone in His presence,' while John 2:25 states that Jesus 'knew what was in man.' This is a direct principle illustrated in both texts.
"Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do."
The verse speaks of God's all-seeing knowledge, and the EGW passage describes Jesus knowing the hearts and lives of those present. While not a direct quote or allusion, the theme of divine knowledge is present in both.
"Impatient at His delay and apparent indifference, the accusers drew nearer, urging the matter upon His attention. But as their eyes, following those of Jesus, fell upon the pavement at His feet, their countenances changed. There, traced before them, were the guilty secrets of their own lives. The people, looking on, saw the sudden change of expression, and pressed forward to discover what it was that they were regarding with such astonishment and shame. DA 461.2"
"Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance."
Psalm 90:8 speaks of God setting iniquities before Him and secret sins in the light of His countenance. The EGW passage describes the accusers' guilty secrets being revealed, causing shame. The parallel lies in the exposure of hidden sins and the resulting shame.
"With all their professions of reverence for the law, these rabbis, in bringing the charge against the woman, were disregarding its provisions. It was the husband's duty to take action against her, and the guilty parties were to be punished equally. The action of the accusers was wholly unauthorized. Jesus, however, met them on their own ground. The law specified that in punishment by stoning, the witnesses in the case should be the first to cast a stone. Now rising, and fixing His eyes upon the plotting elders, Jesus said, “He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.” And stooping down, He continued writing on the ground. DA 461.3"
"The hands of the witnesses shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterward the hands of all the people. So thou shalt put the evil away from among you."
The EGW passage directly references the requirement in Deuteronomy 17:7 that witnesses cast the first stone in a stoning punishment. The connection is clear and intentional.
"He had not set aside the law given through Moses, nor infringed upon the authority of Rome. The accusers had been defeated. Now, their robe of pretended holiness torn from them, they stood, guilty and condemned, in the presence of Infinite Purity. They trembled lest the hidden iniquity of their lives should be laid open to the multitude; and one by one, with bowed heads and downcast eyes, they stole away, leaving their victim with the pitying Saviour. DA 461.4"
"And they which heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, even unto the last: and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst."
The EGW passage directly mirrors the events described in John 8:9, where the accusers, convicted by their own conscience, leave one by one, leaving Jesus and the woman alone.
"Jesus arose, and looking at the woman said, “Woman, where are those thine accusers? hath no man condemned thee? She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more.” DA 461.5"
"She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more."
This is a direct quote from John 8:11, making it a clear and undeniable explicit allusion.