Study John 8: 7-8 What do you think Jesus was writing?

Question

Serious answers only please!!!!!!!!!

I know Jesus didn't write this John did. Obviously Jaime you didn't read the scripture. The scripture reads that Jesus was writing on the ground.....what do you think he wrote?......JEEZ people!!!!!

Answer 1

nobody knows exactly what he wrote, but i think he was writing the sins of the those who were accusing the woman. they all gathered and were about to stone her for adultery. read verse 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."

when the accusers saw their sins being written in the sand and they went away.

good news about this is that our sins are written in sand and they can be blown away and forgotten.

Answer 2

No one knows, it's one of the mysteries of Jesus. Perhaps He was writing in angelic script, which caused those trying to accuse Him to think twice. Perhaps He was just doodling while waiting for the answer.

To me, it wasn't what He wrote on the ground that was important, it was the fact that He just said those famous words "Let he that is without sin among you cast the first stone at her" and didn't even really look up that was profound.

Although I have absolutely no proof of it, I've always thought that some of those who meant to entrap Jesus by bringing the woman forward were also some of those who had been with her in bed.

But anyway, it is commonly assumed that Jesus was angry, and that's why He couldn't answer at first. I think rather He was frustrated that His message wasn't getting across to people.

Answer 3

This is an interesting text, as no one knows whether Jesus was even literate and yet there's this whole story about Jesus writing!

On top of that, the text is of dubious origin. Style-wise, it doesn't match up to the rest of John's Gospel, and it is absent from the earliest existing manuscripts of John! (style wise, it reads mor eliek a story out of matt, mark, or john).

Many people have guessed he's writing laws fromm the Torah which the woman brought before him is accused of breaking.

Me, I dunno. It's a beautiful image though, and I like how it's kind of a story that the earlies scribes tried to censor, it seems, but some people thought it was important enough (it is a message about forgiveness, and in many ways, the hypocricy of men accusing women of adultery...where was the guy she was caught with, after all?) to bring it back....

Answer 4

It is uncertain whether Jesus was merely ignoring the accusers by writing on the ground, listing their sins, or writing out the Ten Commandments.

Answer 5

Maybe some form of a question mark for all to see and know it pertained to their answer to Jesus`s question to them ?
Or maybe Jesus was showing that sin can be wiped away , as with the stroke of a finger in the dirt , the line of sin can be removed ? Maybe this is one of the mysteries that Jesus spoke of ? Good Question !! May God grant us the answer someday !!!!!! God Bless all .

Answer 6

We can only speculate unless by revelation Jesus would give you the true answer. Ask him if you so desire,i have no doubt he would answer a question from your heart. I believe he was controling his own mind,keeping it from being influenced by those seeking to accuse him. of something. He could have been writing,to secretly forgive her of her sins,also he may simple paused a moment letting God give him the words to say. all of the above may be so.

Answer 7

No one knows for sure, but you can refer to Jeremiah 17:13. Some people think he may have been writing the sins of the pharisees in the dust.

Answer 8

Well, no one really knows for sure but I think that maybe he was writing the sins of the accusers. Also just to clarify, he was also writing in verse 6.

Answer 9

John 7:53-8:11 do not seem authentic...

"... it can hardly have belonged to the original text of this gospel. It is absent from most of the oldest copies of the gospel that precede the sixth century and from the works of the earliest commentators. But this does not mean that it is unhistorical. Its coherence and spirit show that it was preserved from a very early time, and it accords well with the known character of Jesus."

Numerous ancient manuscripts lack this passage which seems to have been added here some time several centuries after it was written.

Here is a paste of the context:

Jn 8:3 The teachers of the law and the Pharisees brought in a woman. She had been caught in adultery. They made her stand in front of the group. 4 They said to Jesus, “Teacher, this woman was caught having sex with a man who was not her husband. 5 In the Law, Moses commanded us to kill such women by throwing stones at them. Now what do you say?” 6 They were trying to trap Jesus with that question. They wanted to have a reason to bring charges against him.
But Jesus bent down and started to write on the ground with his finger.
Jn 8:7 They kept asking him questions. So he stood up and said to them, “Has any one of you not sinned? Then you be the first to throw a stone at her.”
Jn 8:8 He bent down again and wrote on the ground.
Jn 8:9 Those who heard what he had said began to go away. They left one at a time, the older ones first. Soon only Jesus was left. The woman was still standing there.
Jn 8:10 Jesus stood up and asked her, “Woman, where are they? Hasn’t anyone found you guilty?”
Jn 8:11 “No one, sir,” she said.
“Then I don’t find you guilty either,” Jesus said. “Go now and leave your life of sin.”

Answer 10

I've wondered the same thing. I think it is possible He was writing the sins of those accusing the woman.