John 8: 1-11

(John 8: 1-11)

Jesus went unto the mount of Olives.  And early in the morning he came again into the temple, and all the people came unto him; and he sat down, and taught them.  And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a woman taken in adultery; and when they had set her in the midst, They say unto him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act.  Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should be stoned: but what sayest thou? 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.  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. And again he stooped down, and wrote on the ground. And they which heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, even unto the last: and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst. When Jesus had lifted up himself, and saw none but the woman, he said unto her, Woman, 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.

 

Many people who heard Jesus' words heard the Word and followed him. As the number of followers of Jesus increased, the high priests of the Jewish religious leaders and the Pharisees had a riot to get the people to arrest Jesus, but in the end they could not arrest Jesus. And the crowd who were there, the high priests, the Pharisees, and their subordinates all returned home. And finally Jesus also went to the Mount of Olives.

Before Jesus was caught, he followed the habit with his disciples and went to pray on the Mount of Olives. Jesus stayed on the Mount of Olives and went to the temple the next day to teach. But when Jesus taught the people in the temple, the scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman caught in the field for fornication and appeared before Jesus. And they demanded Jesus' judgment of this woman.

“Moses said in the law to stone a woman who commits adultery, but what would Jesus say?” The purpose of the scribes and Pharisees with this problem was not really to seek an answer to the woman's fornication problem, but to criticize Jesus' answer. It was a question with my intentions to catch it. If Jesus had mercy on the captured woman and told him to let her go, he would say that he was the Son of God and accused Jesus of not following the law. On the other hand, if Jesus told her to stone her according to the law, then Rome Because it was Israel under the rule of the empire, it violated the Roman law that prevented any people from committing to death by themselves, and this was also an answer that provided an excuse for Jesus to be attacked.

The Pharisees and the scribe came to Jesus by preparing a trap to make Jesus difficult, no matter what answer Jesus gave. But in such a difficult situation, Jesus falls down and writes something on the ground. As they kept asking for Jesus' answer, Jesus arose and told them, "He who is innocent among you should stone first."

In the eyes of the Jewish leaders, this woman caught for fornication seemed to be a good bait to catch Jesus, and as an unclean woman who had committed sin. But by saying, ``He who is innocent among you should stone first,'' he made people's eyes look not at the woman, but at the Pharisees and scribes who were doing the work, and the people who were there. Starting from the adults who were there, to the young ones, one by one left. When they looked at a woman's sin, they thought it was necessary to kill a woman with stones, as the law says, but when they heard Jesus' words and saw their sins, no one dared to say they were righteous for their sins. Was forced to leave the place.

Many of the people who were there left, and Jesus and the woman were left alone. Jesus said to the woman, "Neither do I condemn you, so go and sin no more." Jesus did not ask the price for her sins to the fornication woman who accused the world of being a sinner, but forgave her. A woman who commits fornication is a person caught at a crime scene. However, when he said, "The innocent must stone first," all the people left. They have not yet been discovered at the crime scene, but they too were sinners with little difference from the women who committed fornication. Likewise, all humans in this world are judging the sins of others, but all are sinners before God.