Christ and Woman Taken in Adultery. Jesus and the woman taken in adultery is a passage found in the Gospel of John 7:53-8:11, that has been the subject of much scholarly discussion.
In the passage, Jesus has sat down in the temple to teach some of the people, after he spent the previous night at the Mount of Olives. A group of scribes and Pharisees confronts Jesus, interrupting his teaching session.
They bring in a woman, accusing her of committing adultery, claiming she was caught in the very act. They ask Jesus whether the punishment for someone like her should be stoning, as prescribed by Mosaic Law.
Jesus first ignores the interruption and writes on the ground as though he does not hear them. But when the woman's accusers continue their challenge, he states that the one who is without sin is the one who should cast the first stone.
The accusers and congregants depart realising not one of them is without sin, leaving Jesus alone with the woman. Jesus asks the woman if anyone has condemned her. She answers that no one has condemned her. Jesus says that he, too, does not condemn her, and tells her to go and sin no more. Many analysts of the Greek text and manuscripts of the Gospel of John have argued that it was certainly not part of the original text of St. John's Gospel. The Jerusalem Bible claims the author of this passage is not John. Leo the Great, cited the passage in his 62nd Sermon, mentioning that Jesus
In the passage, Jesus has sat down in the temple to teach some of the people, after he spent the previous night at the Mount of Olives. A group of scribes and Pharisees confronts Jesus, interrupting his teaching session.
They bring in a woman, accusing her of committing adultery, claiming she was caught in the very act. They ask Jesus whether the punishment for someone like her should be stoning, as prescribed by Mosaic Law.
Jesus first ignores the interruption and writes on the ground as though he does not hear them. But when the woman's accusers continue their challenge, he states that the one who is without sin is the one who should cast the first stone.
The accusers and congregants depart realising not one of them is without sin, leaving Jesus alone with the woman. Jesus asks the woman if anyone has condemned her. She answers that no one has condemned her. Jesus says that he, too, does not condemn her, and tells her to go and sin no more. Many analysts of the Greek text and manuscripts of the Gospel of John have argued that it was certainly not part of the original text of St. John's Gospel. The Jerusalem Bible claims the author of this passage is not John. Leo the Great, cited the passage in his 62nd Sermon, mentioning that Jesus
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