Jesus
stooped down, and wrote on the ground with his finger. But when they continued asking him, he looked up and said to them, “He who is without sin among you, let him throw the first stone at her.” Again he stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground. They, when they heard it, being convicted by their conscience, went out one by one, beginning from the oldest, even to the last.
Context / meaning
John 8 [1.] but Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. Now very early in the morning, he came again into the temple, and all the people came to him. He sat down, and taught them. The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman taken in adultery. Having set her in the middle, they told him, “Teacher, we found this woman in adultery, in the very act. Now in our law, Moses commanded us to stone such women.[a] What then do you say about her?”
John 8 [6.] They said this testing him, that they might have something to accuse him of. But Jesus stooped down, and wrote on the ground with his finger. But when they continued asking him, he looked up and said to them, “He who is without sin among you, let him throw the first stone at her.” Again he stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground.
John 8 [9.] They, when they heard it, being convicted by their conscience, went out one by one, beginning from the oldest, even to the last. Jesus was left alone with the woman where she was, in the middle. Jesus, standing up, saw her and said, “Woman, where are your accusers? Did no one condemn you?”
John 8 [11.] She said, “No one, Lord.”
Jesus said, “Neither do I condemn you. Go your way. From now on, sin no more.”
John 8 [12.] Again, therefore, Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world.[b] He who follows me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”
Footnotes:
a. John 8:5 Leviticus 20:10; Deuteronomy 22:22
conscience - divorce - judgement - sensualism
PIB Scriptures are derived from the World English Bible
stooped down, and wrote on the ground with his finger. But when they continued asking him, he looked up and said to them, “He who is without sin among you, let him throw the first stone at her.” Again he stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground. They, when they heard it, being convicted by their conscience, went out one by one, beginning from the oldest, even to the last.
John 8:6-9
John 8 [1.] but Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. Now very early in the morning, he came again into the temple, and all the people came to him. He sat down, and taught them. The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman taken in adultery. Having set her in the middle, they told him, “Teacher, we found this woman in adultery, in the very act. Now in our law, Moses commanded us to stone such women.[a] What then do you say about her?”
John 8 [6.] They said this testing him, that they might have something to accuse him of. But Jesus stooped down, and wrote on the ground with his finger. But when they continued asking him, he looked up and said to them, “He who is without sin among you, let him throw the first stone at her.” Again he stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground.
John 8 [9.] They, when they heard it, being convicted by their conscience, went out one by one, beginning from the oldest, even to the last. Jesus was left alone with the woman where she was, in the middle. Jesus, standing up, saw her and said, “Woman, where are your accusers? Did no one condemn you?”
John 8 [11.] She said, “No one, Lord.”
Jesus said, “Neither do I condemn you. Go your way. From now on, sin no more.”
John 8 [12.] Again, therefore, Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world.[b] He who follows me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”
Footnotes:
a. John 8:5 Leviticus 20:10; Deuteronomy 22:22
b. John 8:12 Isaiah 60:1
conscience - divorce - judgement - sensualism
PIB Scriptures are derived from the World English Bible
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| The context of this PIB is not about divorce, however, Christ's intent - to advocate for the accused - is relevant to many situations where others are judgemental and lack compassion. |