The Pharisees had duly processed and tried an adulteress caught in the act of adultery--they asked Jesus if he would obey the Law of Moses & stone her to death--Jesus refused the obey the Word of God--why??
2007-11-09 14:34:59 · 32 answers · asked by huffyb 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
B/c Jesus was really Gnostic and not claiming to be the son of the OT God. You may notice they're nothing alike.
2007-11-09 14:44:25 · answer #1 · answered by strpenta 7 · 2⤊ 8⤋
Consider the situation here. The Pharisees claimed they had caught this woman in the act of adultery but we note they failed to produce the man. We are reminded in the Word of god that before we judge, we should check our own motives. In this instance, the Pharisees brought the woman to Jesus as an entrapment only. It was in fact the Pharisees who had broken the law. The law required that she be stoned to death so why bring her to the Lord and ask Him? after all, they should have carried out the penalty themselves. Here we have a situation where the Lord knew their hearts and he knew the self-righteous Pharisees were hoping that he would say to let her go and in so doing, He would have been guilty of breaking the law because He would be speaking against it. On the other hand, if He had said to have her stoned to death, this would have been against His own words in John 3:17. The Lord knew the intentions of the Pharisees so the answer He gave was neither for or against the law and literally cut the ground from under the feet of the self-righteous Pharisees. In all probability, some of the Pharisees had been with this woman themselves at some time in the past.
2007-11-09 14:59:35 · answer #2 · answered by mandbturner3699 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Because like you, the Pharisees were out to trick Jesus so they could point out the problem with His teachings. Jesus did not go against the Word of God, since He is God, He knows peoples hearts and thoughts. Under the Law, given to Moses on the Mount, there is no command for man to judge anyone. The Pharisees made these laws to control the masses.
Why wasn't the man they caught her with punished?
2007-11-09 15:15:48 · answer #3 · answered by Jay G 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That account is Not found in the Oldest Manuscripts.
In 1844, Konstantin von Tischendorf, in search of ancient copies of the Bible, entered the library of the monastery at the foot of Mt. Sinai south of Palestine. His eyes were attracted by a large basket of book pages. A closer look left him stunned!
Here were pages from a copy of the Bible in Greek far older than any he had ever seen. Hardly containing himself, he inquired about these pages. His heart sank. They were used to start fires! Two heaps had already been burned! The monks gave him 43 pages, but they refused to cooperate further.
He made a second trip to the monastery—no success. A third trip—again all appeared lost. He made arrangements to leave, considering it a hopeless search. Three days before departing, he was talking to the steward, or caretaker, of the monastery who invited him into his small room. The steward remarked that he had read an old copy of the Bible and abruptly pulled down a heap of loose leaves wrapped in a red cloth.
As he opened this bundle, ah! here was the “pearl” Tischendorf had been searching 15 years to find. This Bible manuscript, now called the Codex Sinaiticus, contained all the “New Testament.” Believed to have been written around 350 C.E., it was over six centuries older than authoritative manuscripts at the time. Did it reveal any tampering with the text?
It was obvious from the start that the text of Tischendorf’s discovery was basically identical with that which was the foundation for today’s Bibles. Yet it revealed evidence of tampering.
An example is the familiar account at John 8:1-11 (Authorized Version) about an adulterous woman about to be stoned, and that reports Jesus as saying, ‘Let him that is without sin cast the first stone.’ It was not in this early manuscript. So later editions of the Bible have removed it or put it in a footnote to refine the Bible text. Other additions were also found and deleted.—Matt. 17:21; 18:11; Acts 8:37.
2007-11-09 14:54:55 · answer #4 · answered by conundrum 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He didn't. The Pharisees were trying to trap Jesus because if he did tell them to throw the stones then they could call him a murderer. If he didn't they would say he was going against the law. So Jesus told whoever was without sin to throw the first stone, he was showing them that they were also sinful and had no right to judge someone with a truly repentent heart. The thing that most people don't think about when they hear this story is the fact that the only person in the crowd without sin was Jesus, therefore the only person that had the right to throw the stone. Jesus showed his forgiveness and mercy to that woman in a way no one else could have.
2007-11-09 14:46:41 · answer #5 · answered by halofan373 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I like the idea that the new testament is an amendment to the old, that Jesus was a revolutionary. He also disobeyed God's Law in Mathew 12, healing on the sabbath, breaking the 4 commandment. Why the bible had to be amended is a mystery to me, maybe society changed (imagine that?).
2007-11-09 14:49:02 · answer #6 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think you are confused, Jesus never disobeyed His Fathers Word.
the law of Moses was the law of Moses if it had been Gods Law Jesus would have allowed the stoning
(Jesus came to fulfill the Law)
2007-11-09 16:09:06 · answer #7 · answered by hmm 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jesus did not disobey the word of God- He came to be the Living Word of God- He came to show that there is forgiveness and that those who were going to stone her, was not without sin- Jesus told the woman to go and sin no more- so He was not saying what she did was ok. By the way, what happened to the men that slept with her? Somes say some of those that were going to cast that stone was one of them. This story was to show the forgiveness that is available- have you experienced it?
2007-11-09 15:18:07 · answer #8 · answered by AdoreHim 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Law of moses not of God. Jesus said I am not here to fulfill the law. I am here to fulfill the prophesies. A hundred years ago you could kill a man for stealing your horse. And you had that right. Should we continue that law? Jesus came and showed that things need to change. That we need to evolve spirituality. I am the way, the truth and the light. Follow me. Not physically but spirituality. God is spirit those who worship god must worship in spirit.
2007-11-09 14:55:28 · answer #9 · answered by dave 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Read it again - he commanded her death didn't he? Didn't he say let him who is without sin cast the first stone. Seems no one stepped up to the plate. Why didn't the Pharisees obey the Word of God? What stopped them?
2007-11-09 15:18:45 · answer #10 · answered by Steve Amato 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Awesome Question. The answer is "Grace". GOD's law is there to show us the standard and to alert us to the fact that we are not going to be able to keep it. Jesus came to set the captives free. He does that by taking our sins for us. GOD had grace before that time when Abraham's faith was accounted for righteousness, before the law was delivered by Moses. The whole Bible is laced with examples of GOD's grace. Pretty cool deal!
2007-11-09 15:10:33 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋