Standing Naked Before God: the Woman Caught in Adultery, - Read more about spiritual life growth, Christian living, and faith. Such — So secret and undiscernible; is the way of an adulterous woman — Of one that secretly lives in the sin of adultery. Lesson 45: Caught in the Act (John 7:53-8:11) Related Media. Adam Clarke Commentary. The adulterous woman's sin was forgiven by Almighty God, never to be remembered again. None of her accusers -- and, more important, witnesses against her -- are present to testify. Only Jesus, the rabbi who had been asked to settle the case is still present. John 8 - The Adulterous Woman • Thank you for welcoming me back to Colorado and for the opportunity to preach God’s word o I’ve stepped into the pulpit for Brian on a few occasions times over the past years! Jesus and the woman taken in adultery (often called Pericope Adulterae for short) is a passage found in the Gospel of John 7:53–8:11, that has been the subject of much scholarly discussion. The Adulterous Woman: a trap for Jesus. He is probably spending his days in Jerusalem and his nights in the house at Bethany, traversing the valley and hill road between these two places each day. February 23, 2014 . You may like to read John 8:1-11 before working your way through the lesson below. (It is not beyond the realm of possibility that the man with whom the woman had committed adultery was in league with the accusing crowd.) The Adulterous Woman - But Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. We are in Jerusalem, and it is not long before Jesus’ own death. Early in the morning He came again into the temple, and all the people were coming to Him; and He sat down and began to teach them. In the passage, Jesus has sat down in the temple to teach some of the people, after … And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a woman, &c. — While he was thus employed, the scribes and Pharisees set a woman before him, that had been taken in the act of adultery; and standing round him, desired his opinion of the affair, which, it appears from John 8:6 , they did with an insidious intention. As seen in the Mel Gibson film, and STILL re-enacted each year in most Catholic Churches, the Passion Plays tell the story of the Jews bringing Jesus to Pontus Pilate and demanding he be crucified. Commentary. His congregations are always so receptive of the word! Some experts in interpreting the Law ask Jesus what they should do with a woman caught in adultery, a sin punished in the Law of Moses by stoning. The woman, who had been the defendant in a capital case, is now alone in court. During this Lenten time of conversion, the Church invites us to contemplate a scene from the gospel of John. (Complete forgiveness and eternal life with Him). Our text is a difficult portion of John, not because it is hard to understand, but because it is hard to know whether this incident should be included in John’s Gospel as an authentic part of inspired Scripture. Some experts in interpreting the Law ask Jesus what they should do with a woman caught in adultery, a sin punished in the Law of Moses by stoning. The case is thrown out of court for lack of evidence. (Complete forgiveness and eternal life with Him). Proverbs 30:20. Commentary. This is the account of the woman caught in the act of adultery, whom the Pharisees brought to Jesus when he was teaching a crowd of people.. A woman taken in adultery - Some of the popish writers say that her name was Susanna; that she was espoused to an old decrepid man, named Manasseh; that she died a saint in Spain, whither she had followed St. James. What a wonderful plan and Savior! Consequently, in the context under consideration, Jesus knew that the woman’s accusers were guilty of the very thing for which they were willing to condemn her. During this Lenten time of conversion, the Church invites us to contemplate a scene from the gospel of John. A Woman Caught in Adultery —John chapter 8. These accounts the judicious Calmet properly terms fables.