"Their pretended reverence veiled a deep-laid plot for His ruin. Should Jesus acquit the woman, He might be charged with despising the law of Moses. Should He declare her worthy of death, He could be accused to the Romans as one who assumed authority belonging only to them. MH 88.1"
"Tell us therefore, What thinkest thou? Is it lawful to give tribute unto Cesar, or not?"
Both passages involve attempts to trap Jesus with questions that could lead to accusations against Him. While the specific scenarios differ (adultery vs. taxes), the underlying theme of plotting to ensnare Jesus is present in both.
"Jesus looked 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. Giving no sign that He had heard the question, He stooped and, fixing His eyes upon the ground, began to write in the dust. MH 88.2"
"This they said, tempting him, that they might have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground, as though he heard them not."
The EGW passage directly describes Jesus stooping down and writing in the dust, mirroring the account in John 8:6. This is a clear and direct allusion.
"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 voices were silenced. There, traced before them, were the guilty secrets of their own lives. MH 88.3"
"This they said, tempting him, that they might have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground, as though he heard them not."
This is a clear allusion to the story of the woman caught in adultery. EGW's description of Jesus writing on the ground and the accusers being silenced by their own guilt directly relates to John 8:6 and the subsequent verses.
"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.” Verse 7 . And, stooping down, He continued writing. MH 88.4"
"So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her."
EGW directly quotes John 8:7.
"Jesus arose and, looking upon the woman, said, “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.” Verses 10, 11 . MH 88.6"
"She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more."
EGW directly quotes John 8:11.