The Woman Caught in Adultery

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John 7:53–8:11 ESV

[[They went each to his own house, but Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. Early in the morning he came again to the temple. All the people came to him, and he sat down and taught them. The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery, and placing her in the midst they said to him, “Teacher, this woman has been caught in the act of adultery. Now in the Law, Moses commanded us to stone such women. So what do you say?” This they said to test him, that they might have some charge to bring against him. Jesus bent down and wrote with his finger on the ground. And as they continued to ask him, he stood up and said to them, “Let him who is without sin among you be the first to throw a stone at her.” And once more he bent down and wrote on the ground. But when they heard it, they went away one by one, beginning with the older ones, and Jesus was left alone with the woman standing before him. Jesus stood up and said to her, “Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?” She said, “No one, Lord.” And Jesus said, “Neither do I condemn you; go, and from now on sin no more.”]]

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Feast of Booths

Middle of the Feast of Booths

Jesus’ authority

Jesus purifying the whole body

They sought to kill him

End of Feast

The crowd were amazed the leaders had not killed Jesus

people argued about Jesus

Jesus clearly claimed to be the Messiah

Jesus claimed be be the fulfillment of God’s Work

The Bread

The Water

The Salvation

David’s greater son from Bethlehem

The Son of God

[[Why the squared brackets? Manuscripts vary with regard to its inclusion, and some its location here or at the end. It has created much debate as to whether John wrote it or another, or whether people removed it for some unknown reason.]]

John 7:53–8:1 ESV

[[They went each to his own house, but Jesus went to the Mount of Olives.

The Sanhedrin

The Multitude

John 8:2 ESV

Early in the morning he came again to the temple. All the people came to him, and he sat down and taught them.

Jesus returns to the temple

He teaches those who are there

John 8:3 ESV

The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery, and placing her in the midst

The scribes and Pharasees - they enter and cause a disturbance

Her arrest may have been ordered by the temple-police

The original words infer that she was a married woman who had been caught in adultery

This woman becomes a tool in their hatred of Jesus

They have a murderous intent towards Jesus and are willing to stone her to death in order to entrap Jesus

John 8:4–5 ESV

they said to him, “Teacher, this woman has been caught in the act of adultery. Now in the Law, Moses commanded us to stone such women. So what do you say?”

“Teacher, this woman has been caught in the act of adultery”

“Now in the Law, Moses commanded us to stone such a woman”

“So what do you say?”

John 8:6 ESV

This they said to test him, that they might have some charge to bring against him. Jesus bent down and wrote with his finger on the ground.

“They said this to test him, that they might have some charge to bring against him”

If Jesus agrees, then he affirms the consequence of the more serious law against blasphamy

Yet, the reality was the Roman empire did not permit them to execute anyone

Do he would also be in breach of Roman Law - sedition / treason

If Jesus disagrees, then he justifies sin against God

An enemy of the Law of Moses /God

A trangressor who would lose his influence with the people

“Jesus bent down and wrote with his finger on the ground”

We don’t know what Jesus wrote

Names and sins of the men?

A warning aimed at the Scribes and Pharisees?

Or was it a pause for effect?

Tablets of 10 Commandments - written with the finger of God

Belshazzar - finger wrote on the plaster

Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin

Meaning the days of the kingdom are numbered, they have been weighed and found wanting, and it will be divided destoryed

John 8:7–8 ESV

And as they continued to ask him, he stood up and said to them, “Let him who is without sin among you be the first to throw a stone at her.” And once more he bent down and wrote on the ground.

As they continued to ask him

He stood up and said to them

“Let him who is without sin among you be the first to throw a stone at her.”

And once more he bent down and wrote on the ground

John 8:9 ESV

But when they heard it, they went away one by one, beginning with the older ones, and Jesus was left alone with the woman standing before him.

When they heard it, they went away one by one

Beginning with the older ones

Jesus was left alone with the woman standing before him

John 8:10 ESV

Jesus stood up and said to her, “Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?”

Be impressed upon her the great favor he had bestowed upon her

The sentence of condemnation, through demanded by the Law of Moses, had not been pronounced against her by anyone

“Where are they? Has no one condemned you?”

John 8:11 ESV

She said, “No one, Lord.” And Jesus said, “Neither do I condemn you; go, and from now on sin no more.”]]

“No one, Lord”

“Neither do I condemn you; go and from now on sin no more”

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