Does it hint anywhere in the Bible what Jesus wrote on the ground when he was questioned by the pharisees?

Question

It said in the Bible when they tried to question Him about the adultress he first knelt down to write something on the ground.

Answer 1

No hint...John chapter 8, verse 6 says, They said this to test him, so that they could have some charge to bring against him, Jesus bent down and began to write on the ground with his finger.

Specifically what is it that He wrote? We do not know. Some have speculated He was writing the sins of the men that stood around holding the stones and as He wrote them out in the dirt, they could read them...additional incentive to drop the stones and disperse.

Answer 2

The bible is an eastern book. This type of writing is common when people are haggling over price, etc. The actual context of what Jesus was writing was not important to John, author of the Gospel. So we don't know.

Additional detail: Whatever Jesus was writing was his focus. This is clear in John 8 when Jesus first stoop to the ground and did so again. When he looked up only the woman remained and all the others were gone. So of all the sinner, this one woman remain.

There are two very important pieces of information: Stoning for adultery is done for both parties, not just one. More over, this was a Roman providence, and only Roman Law could recommend capital punishment. Jesus was well aware of this. Recommending following the law required both adulterers to be executed in defiance of Roman occupation. Nice trap, don't you agree.

Answer 3

The exact writing is not specified to the best of my research. What I do find very interesting is the fact he wrote on the ground. Also the fact he wrote on the ground twice and not once, but twice.

Humankind was formed from the dust of the ground, the ground was cursed because of Mr Adam, a midst went out and watered the whole face of the ground, and Cain was cursed from the ground just for starters.

Jesus left no written records on paper, scrolls, or in books but he did leave a written record in the hearts and the lives of mankind. Thus is it so important what was written or is the importance in the fact the finger of Jesus was on the ground, the very source of humankind and the recorder that recorded what humankind was and how God, his father did provide the midst to water and refresh the very source of humankind. That very source was in fact right before them all in the form of a true 100% humankind [not God] attempting to bring all to their attention with his finger.

Writing in the ground can be like a puff of smoke and just vanish or it can be remembered and acted upon. The decision is up to the one who does view the writing and his opinion and decision about it.

I do in the view of a "NO" see a great importance in the twice stated fact rather than in what was written. However that is my view only. You can have your own and then let us ask our God.

Answer 4

The very fact that he bent down to write in the dirt is hint enough. The problem is that Christians don't know or understand Jewish behavior. The context of the situation and the fact he wrote in the dirt is enough for any Torah scholar to know exactly what he wrote.

The first point to notice was that the Pharisees wanted to trap him. To do this, the caught a woman in the act of adultry. Here is the first question - where was the man she was caught with? There is no man mentioned in the account. Therefore this was a setup in order to entice a woman into committing adultry. So, the first thing he wrote in the dirt was from Torah --

Leviticus 19:29 'Do not profane your daughter by making her a harlot, so that the land will not fall to harlotry and the land become full of lewdness.'

As the men tried to pressure him into making a judgement, he knelt down again to write in the dirt. Since it was about judgement, Yeshua knew Torah spoke clearly about accussing others of wickedness.

Deuteronomy 17:6 "On the evidence of two witnesses or three witnesses, he who is to die shall be put to death; he shall not be put to death on the evidence of one witness."

By writing this, then it would be up to men to step forward and state they were a witness. But since a sin was committed by making a daughter of Israel a harlot - each man there knew he was guilty and was ashamed for stepping forward. One by one each stepped away.

And when none were left, Yeshua obeying Torah, knew he couldn't accuse the woman because he hadn't witnessed the act himself. And with no witnesses, he told the woman to go and gave her some sound advice not to commit adultry anymore (sin).

I hope this helps.

Answer 5

possibly He wrote what grow to be really on their heart. i have not executed an indepth study and that i imagine we'd want to all be speculating. by technique of how, naming ones sins isn't condemnation. Jesus reported we are already condemned. i imagine what i'm attempting to assert is even as Jesus did not condemned, He actually has the ability to convict us of our sin, and our desire for a Savior. For the single which reported Jesus might want to no longer write. He grow to be realized in scripture... preparation on the synagogue as youthful as 12 years of age. He grow to be referred to as a rabbi, that could factor out he had, in accordance to Hebrew custom, a lot preparation in studying, writing and reading the regulation and the prophets. So for sure He might want to write. and evidently being the Son of God, Jesus had and has a needed information of the regulation and the prophets.

Answer 6

Yes John 8. The fact that he wrote in the dirt is a hint.

Answer 7

Jesus Christ wrote exactly what these men sinned in the dirt. As they read what was whiten they did not have a leg to stand on and so departed one by one.><>

Answer 8

that is the only time that it mentions that. if you read that whole bit there, it will tell you that he was trying to tell the people that all have sinned and should not judge people just because they do something that offends them. it does not say WHAT he wrote, only that he DID write.

Answer 9

That is the age old question. It doesn't say but the popular conclusion is that he wrote the names of the people who were questioning him to show that he knew who the sinners were before he ministered to the adulteress and forgave her for her sin and sent her on her way.

Answer 10

Yes, he was writing a question for the 1st century version of Y!A.

Unfortunately, it was deleted by Y!A admins so we don't know what it asked.