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1 | What did Jesus write on the ground | John 8:6 | Fellow Heir | 75346 | ||
Have you ever wondered about some of the scriptures that don’t seem clear or are not easy to understand? One person has said, “Since there are so many scriptures that are very plain and easy to understand do what they teach and wait on God to reveal the hard to understand ones in His timing. One such story is about the woman taken in adultery found in John chapter 8 starting in verse 2. It says there; John 8:2 At dawn he appeared again in the temple courts, where all the people gathered around him, and he sat down to teach them. 3 The teachers of the law and the Pharisees brought in a woman caught in adultery. They made her stand before the group 4 and said to Jesus, "Teacher, this woman was caught in the act of adultery. 5 In the Law Moses commanded us to stone such women. Now what do you say?" 6 They were using this question as a trap, in order to have a basis for accusing him. Some questions come to mind: How did they know where to catch her? Did any of them know her personally? Was she setup by them as part of the planned trapping of Jesus?? What were they going to accuse Jesus of? If He said stone her as Moses and the law commanded, they would accuse Him of not being consistent in His teaching because He forgave others. If He said I forgive her they would accuse him of not keeping the law He said He came to fulfill. 8:6b But Jesus bent down and started to write on the ground with his finger. What did Jesus write the first time? I believe he wrote the names of each man there who was accusing her. In Jeremiah the word tells us: Jer. 17:13 O LORD, the hope of Israel, all who forsake you will be put to shame. Those who turn away from you will be written in the dust because they have forsaken the LORD, the spring of living water. Had these men forsaken Him? Had they turned away from Him? Yes, even to the point of working hard trying to trick Him to find some reason to kill Him. He not only wrote their names but I believe He wrote them down from the oldest to the youngest. because later it says “they left one at a time the older ones first.” I imagine they were all puffed up when they realized He knew them not only by name but also their ages or some would say rank. Possibly they were thinking, “We are big enough leaders that He knows us already”. Again the word says: John 8:7 When they kept on questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, "If any one of you is without sin, let him be the first to throw a stone at her." 8 Again he stooped down and wrote on the ground. 9 At this, those who heard began to go away one at a time, the older ones first, until only Jesus was left, with the woman still standing there. This time I believe He wrote next to their names a sin they had committed that was also worthy of stoning to death. Perhaps even the name of a woman they had committed adultery with. 10 Jesus straightened up and asked her, "Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?" 11 "No one, sir," she said. "Then neither do I condemn you," Jesus declared. "Go now and leave your life of sin." Some wonderful lessons can be taken from this happening. First: Jesus is all knowing so He isn’t surprised when we sin, He does ask us to confess our sins. Second: He is always just and always forgives us though He admonishes us to not commit the same sin over and over. Third: We all stand before our master and are judged by no one but Him no matter what others may say. Fourth: Jesus cannot be tricked by anyone no matter how smart they think they are. Is this a plausible explanation of what Jesus wrote? Fellow Heir |
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2 | What did Jesus write on the ground | John 8:6 | brouhardjohn@hotmail.com | 75433 | ||
Although the Bible doesn't say what Jesus wrote on the ground either time, It would seem logical that He wrote the woman's name and the accusation against her. When they kept questioning him, He wrote their names also. Did he write an accusation against them as well? Probably so. He probably began to write accusations against each one of them--sort of a coounter suit. I think they knew what He wrote. Why would they have left when He said to them: "Let him who is without sin cast the first stone at her". I believe he wrote so that all could see. They knew that He "had them", as the saying goes. They all threw their stones down and left. |
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