<p>5:27&nbsp;<em>You have heard that it was said: You shall not commit adultery- </em>AV &quot;Said by them of old time&quot;. The Lord seems to avoid saying 'By Moses'. He seems to be stressing that the ten commandments had come down to them in oral form; and He was standing before them actually telling them new commandments. The contrast is 'They said... but I say', rather than 'Moses wrote, but I write...'.</p>