Bethany, the village of adulteress Mary, is at the Mount of Olives and Jesus has just been there ‘(Jn 8,1)…while Jesus went to the Mount of Olives 2 But early in the mourning he arrived again in the temple area…’. This happened the very next morning. We cannot say that it happened in any other day. So Jesus was not faced with a stranger at all. Mount of Olives had a very small community of Bethany and Bethphage (Sadducee majority and practically everybody knew everybody). The Sadducees did not persecute Jesus, so he often found refuge at their Mount of Olives. Jesus spent enough time there and could have easily seen her before.
So Jesus bends down buying time and thinking how to exploit the situation. He has a doomed woman on his hands, who would owe him her life but only if he could save her now. “Bent down and began to write on the ground”??? Who bends down and writes on the ground?… A person in deep thought, plotting a scheme, in mood, or all!!! So, he bends down, buying time and thinking of a way to outsmart the Jews and save her life. Thinking…Thinking…
7 But when they continued asking him, he straightened up and said to them “Let the one among you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her” 8 Again he bent down and wrote on the ground.
Thinking again…
9 And in response, they went away one by one, beginning with the elders. So he was left alone with the woman before him.
He outsmarts the Jews, saves the life of a doomed woman, and then gets alone with her. Now Jesus is alone with a sinful woman who owes him her life. There are no witnesses at all. Jesus can ask her anything to repay her debt to him. Jesus has the motive, opportunity to negotiate a deal with her, no witnesses, knows how to contact her later…
10 Then Jesus straightened up and said to her, “Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you? 11 She replied, “No one, sir”. Then Jesus said, “Neither do I condemn you. Go, and from now on do not sin any more.”
* She walks out of it, owing Jesus her life.
* He did not ‘forgive’ her now, because she has yet to pay him back.
* She did not thank him now, because she will surely pay him back big time.
Accordingly, the order of events becomes:
1. Jesus saves the life of sinful Mary.
2. Jesus raises the brother of sinful Mary.
3. Only now Jesus forgives the sins of Mary and preaches about people repaying debts to each other.
4. Jesus visits adulteress Mary who wants to keep the better part.
Now we have a much clearer and different picture of the whole story. It is very easy to put things together and deduce how Jesus saved the life of Mary when she was caught in adultery and was about to be stoned to death by the Jews. In return Jesus wanted her to do him a little favor. Jesus asked Mary to help him stage the death of her brother ‘Lazarus’ in order to convince his stupid disciples and the non-suspecting Jews that he is the Messiah, who can raise people from the dead… Mary conceded to the plan so that she can repay the large debt that they owed him. FOR she owed him her life.
Lazarus was simply repaying Jesus for saving his sister and cleansing her filthy reputation.
2006-06-27 15:48:54 · 6 answers · asked by Mahfuz R 1 in Religion & Spirituality
How can you not be distracted by some bitter feelings over people around you who has same feelings toward you, too?
2006-06-27 15:48:07 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Etiquette
Are there any books or websites out there that can teach me how to be an eco-smart consumer? What I mean by "eco-smart" is being responsible in purchasing items that waste less resources, come from responsible companies, cost less, have less packaging waste, etc.
2006-06-27 15:47:50 · 8 answers · asked by slp2b 1 in Other - Society & Culture
Tell me where you're from. Say Hello.
2006-06-27 15:47:31 · 8 answers · asked by Pumpkin Head 4 in Other - Society & Culture
2006-06-27 15:46:21 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality
-Da Group
-Da Christian Group
2006-06-27 15:46:15 · 15 answers · asked by Erik 2 in Religion & Spirituality
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2006-06-27 15:43:57 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality
2006-06-27 15:43:34 · 13 answers · asked by ALICE P 1 in Languages
I would like to read about medjourde This is a very sacred place to pray I believe I spelled it wrong if you can help with that I would appreciate it.
2006-06-27 15:43:18 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality
if u do how much
2006-06-27 15:43:18 · 8 answers · asked by ~MRS.KANEHL~ 1 in Other - Society & Culture
2006-06-27 15:43:13 · 2 answers · asked by Iket 2 in Other - Society & Culture
2006-06-27 15:42:10 · 14 answers · asked by KB 1 in Religion & Spirituality
2006-06-27 15:41:49 · 10 answers · asked by gaiastar 3 in Religion & Spirituality
In everyday life, we ask ourself , why GOD is testing us?
do you fail the test or do it with all your heart?
do you think you would have your reward in heaven or you don't deserve it because you don't believe it?
2006-06-27 15:40:55 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality
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2006-06-27 15:38:55 · 30 answers · asked by kevin 2 in Other - Society & Culture
Do not kill (murder) who disagrees?
Do not steal ditto
do not covet (coveting IS the AMERICAN WAY! I answered that one myself)
Other than tax laws, our laws are morality based, especially the criminal codes.
The foudation of nearly all human laws have ALWAYS been founded in rreligion, be it Christian, Judiaism, Islam, Taoism, Bhuddism.
You name it and any part of the orld will have it's laws founded in the region's prevalant reigions.
So why in America (a coutry founded purposely on Biblical, Christian values) is there such a current backlash againt t now?
2006-06-27 15:38:44 · 4 answers · asked by athorgarak 4 in Other - Society & Culture
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2006-06-27 15:35:30 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality
Do you have any physical evidence of the event of having seen Jesus?
2006-06-27 15:35:16 · 6 answers · asked by pope 2 in Religion & Spirituality
did i miss something,or is the slow lane the new fast lane?
2006-06-27 15:34:28 · 8 answers · asked by whip it real hard 2 in Other - Society & Culture
I come from a ethnicaly diverse family and am proud of it. When I have to fill out any type of form that specifies race i usually check off everything. Some forms say you can fill out only one race so i check off other. The law in the United States says if you have 1/16th of black blood you are to be considered black. I personally think it is stupid to have to pick a race as I was raised that there is only one race but, many different ethnicities. I think thats the reason we can't get along in this beautiful country of ours we are so busy saying we are Black, Irish, Jewish, Italian and some where along the line we forget we should be American first. I am proud of all the varities I have that make me me! I hate having to quantify my self for anyone. Why not just accept me for me?
2006-06-27 15:34:28 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture
And do any predominately Muslim countries consider it a punishable crime?
2006-06-27 15:34:06 · 8 answers · asked by spunky_blonde_nurse 2 in Religion & Spirituality
If we mistreated monkeys and now a chimp is enslaving us, how can we do to make things right?
2006-06-27 15:33:42 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture
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