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30 Δεκ 2019 · John tells us that scribes and Pharisees interrupt Jesus’ teaching in the temple, bringing a woman caught in the very act of adultery. What is key, is John tells us their motive for bringing her is not to protect the holiness of the community, but to put Jesus to the test and find grounds to accuse Him.
28 Μαρ 2022 · John 8:1-11 Reflection: The Woman Caught in Adultery. A reading from the gospel according to John 8:1-11: 1 Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. 2 But early in the morning he arrived again in the temple area, and all the people started coming to him, and he sat down and taught them.
Reflection. This story often invites people to heap criticism on the Pharisees; we can become critical, judgemental and superior just as we notice these traits in the Pharisees. 'Don't look out', Jesus says, 'look in'. I look in to my heart and become aware of my own need for forgiveness.
7 Απρ 2019 · Reflection. In the Gospel, the adulterous woman experienced mercy. She was warned not to sin again. Instead of being happy to what Jesus showed to the woman the scribes condemned Jesus. There are times that we become judgmental to other people especially if we know something about them. We easily see what they deserve following our own standards.
18 Μαρ 2013 · The passage opens within a highly public setting—the place being the “temple area” and “all the people” coming to Jesus (v. 2). The scribes and Pharisees, traditional opponents of Jesus, enter in v. 3, dragging along a woman that they presumably have caught committing adultery.
20 Σεπ 2023 · Reflecting on John 8 1-11, 56-59. This week we are studying John 8:1-11, the story of the “woman caught in adultery,” along with the concluding verses of the chapter, in which Jesus is attacked as a blasphemer for saying “before Abraham was I am.”
(John 8:10-11) Jesus challenges the woman to sin no more. When Jesus had raised Himself up and saw no one but the woman, He said to her, “Woman, where are those accusers of yours? Has no one condemned you?”
