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Re: Gleanings from the "Gospels" [message #11735 is a reply to message #11727]

Thu, 10 September 2015 09:07

Gary
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Woman in Adultery?

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8 But Jesus went to the Mount of Olives.

2 Now early in the morning He came again into the temple, and all the people came to Him; and He sat down and taught them. 3 Then the scribes and Pharisees brought to Him a woman caught in adultery. And when they had set her in the midst, 4 they said to Him, “Teacher, this woman was caught in adultery, in the very act. 5 Now Moses, in the law, commanded us that such should be stoned. But what do You say?” 6 This they said, testing Him, that they might have something of which to accuse Him. But Jesus stooped down and wrote on the ground with His finger, as though He did not hear.

7 So when they continued asking Him, He raised Himself up and said to them, “He who is without sin among you, let him throw a stone at her first.” 8 And again He stooped down and wrote on the ground. 9 Then those who heard it, being convicted by their conscience, went out one by one, beginning with the oldest even to the last. And Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst. 10 When Jesus had raised Himself up and saw no one but the woman, He said to her, “Woman, where are those accusers of yours? Has no one condemned you?”

11 She said, “No one, Lord.”

And Jesus said to her, “Neither do I condemn you; go and sin no more.”

12 Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, “I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life.”

I might have pointed this out before, but its interesting they bring this woman to Jesus and said, she was caught in the very act of adultery.

Nothing seems out of place does it?

The question that arises in my mind is, Where is the man? You know, the man who was caught in the adultery with this woman. You would of thought they would of brought both guilty parties to the Lord, but for some reason it is only the woman who they felt they should bring to Jesus.

It may well be some part of their cultural upbringing that would think the woman has done evil and should be dealt with, but according to the scriptures this man was in the same "sin", and was not guiltless before God.

Gary

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