![]() Plus, Ezekiel 16.38–40 indicates that the penalty for adultery was stoning. But in the last one, the penalty for the next stated infraction about sexuality is to “stone them to death” (Deuteronomy 22.24). Neither penalty proscribed in these last two laws against adultery provides the means for its execution. Just as today, “lay with a woman” is a euphemism for sexual intercourse. The other says, “both of them shall die, the man who lay with the woman as well as the woman” (Deuteronomy 22.22). One says, “the adulterer and the adulteress shall be put to death” (Leviticus 20.10). But in the other two laws, the penalty for committing adultery is included. The Decalogue says simply, “You shall not commit adultery” (Exodus 20.14). This law against adultery appears three times in Torah. All of these men likely were married since Judaism emphasized marriage and having children in fulfillment of the antediluvian injunction, “Be fruitful and multiply” (Genesis 1.22). Pharisees were a sect in Judaism known for its teaching of the scriptures. They were “scribes and Pharisees.” Like Jesus, scribes were Torah experts who regularly made copies of scripture as part of their scribal profession. That is similar to what Jesus did here regarding the very law these men mentioned about adultery. In doing so, sometimes he cited one or more of these 613 laws and rendered them an incorrect interpretation of Torah. Jesus constantly taught the deeper meaning of Torah. That is why Jews constructed 613 laws that supposedly elaborate what Torah says. The Torah’s moral commandments are known for their brevity. Jesus was a Torah teacher par excellence. Our main focus will be on the question, What did Jesus write on the ground? We will examine this intriguing story that has captured the attention and imagination of so many Bible readers by posing some questions about it, and I’ll attempt to answer them. ![]() Nevertheless, if it is an interpolation, it greatly reflects Jesus’ ministry and involvement with his interlocutors. Bernard ( John, 716) is surely right in saying, “the story of the adulteress seems to be an authentic fragment of early tradition.” Also, the Gospel of John may be more sensible if John 8.12 immediately follows John 7.52. Greek linguists often claim the style and vocabulary of John 8.1-11 is not Johannine. Barrett ( John, 589) begins his treatment of this text by concluding, “It is certain that this narrative is not an original part of this gospel.” 900 that it begins to appear in the standard Greek text.” And C. Brown informs of John 8.1-11 ( John I–XII, 335), “There are no comments on this passage by the Greek writers on John of the 1st Christian millennium, and it is only from ca. The NRSV has a footnote saying, “The most ancient authorities lack 7.53-8.11 other authorities add the passage here or after 7.36 or after 21.25 or after Luke 21.38, with variations of text.”Īmong leading Johannine scholars, Raymond E. The main reason is that all but one of the ancient, complete, Greek manuscripts of this gospel, Codex Bezae, do not contain it yet a few have it in the Gospel of Luke. That is one reason why most Bible versions place this apparent interpolation in brackets, as here in the NRSV, and/or they have a footnote explaining this. In my blog post, “ I Am the Light of the World”-Jesus, I told of substantial internal and external evidence indicating that John 7.53-8.11 originally was not a part of the Gospel of John. Go your way, and from now on do not sin again.”] 10 Jesus straightened up and said to her, “Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?” 11 She said, “No one, sir.” And Jesus said, “Neither do I condemn you. 9 When they heard it, they went away, one by one, beginning with the elders and Jesus was left alone with the woman standing before him. 7 When they kept on questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, “Let anyone among you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her.” 8 And once again he bent down and wrote on the ground. Jesus bent down and wrote with his finger on the ground. Now what do you say?” 6 They said this to test him, so that they might have some charge to bring against him. 5 Now in the law Moses commanded us to stone such women. 3 The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery and making her stand before all of them, 4 they said to him, “Teacher, this woman was caught in the very act of committing adultery. ![]() All the people came to him and he sat down and began to teach them. 2 Early in the morning he came again to the temple. 8 1while Jesus went to the Mount of Olives.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |