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John 8:1-11

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((The earliest and most reliable manuscripts and other ancient witnesses do not have John 7:53–8:11.))
53Then each went to his own home.
Chapter 8
1But Jesus went to the Mount of Olives.2At dawn he appeared again in the temple courts, where all the people gathered around him, and he sat down to teach them.3The teachers of the law and the Pharisees brought in a woman caught in adultery. They made her stand before the group4and said to Jesus, “Teacher, this woman was caught in the act of adultery.5In the Law Moses commanded us to stone such women. Now what do you say?”6They were using this question as a trap, in order to have a basis for accusing him.
But Jesus bent down and started to write on the ground with his finger.
7When they kept on questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, “If any one of you is without sin, let him be the first to throw a stone at her.”8Again he stooped down and wrote on the ground.

9At this, those who heard began to go away one at a time, the older ones first, until only Jesus was left, with the woman still standing there.10Jesus straightened up and asked her, “Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?”

11“No one, sir,” she said.
“Then neither do I condemn you,” Jesus declared. “Go now and leave your life of sin.”


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Olwen - (eBible Novice) about 1 year ago.
I wonder what Jesus wrote on the ground? The commentaries offer valid reasoning but nothing is for certain. I guess it doesn't really matter. His act of writing was more powerful than what he wrote...
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prevail_magazine - (eBible Enthusiast) 3 months ago.
The pharisees wanted to use the woman as a pawn to trap Jesus. Instead of using the law to destroy and punish like the pharisees, Jesus used the law to show mercy and forgiveness. However, Jesus does not condone sin -- He expects us to respond to His grace by repenting and changing our lives.
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GOD_IS_LOVE P-icon - (eBible Scholar) about 1 year ago.
<>+<>THE JUSTIFIER IS ONE<>+<>We embrace the Grace of ALMIGHTY the Holy Father<>Through our faith in the Blood of JESUS the Holy Son<>+<>THE JUSTIFIER IS ONE<>+<>F<\+/>S<>+<>
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