2.
But upon [implied - epi]
daybreak
[orqrou]
he came along into the temple
again. And all the people
were coming towards him having sat down he was teaching them.
3.
But the Scribes
and the Pharisees
brought
a woman,
[one] having been caught upon/at adultery [You can kill a 19 week- pregnant woman because the foetus is not yet human. And a murderess would be stoned nonetheless. Should a 20+ week baby suffer with the mother? This is an indefinite article double designation - not easy to spot! It just manages to substitute at verse 10] Well,
having stood her in mist/middle
[mesoj
not definite so adverbial]
4.
they said to him: Oh Teacher,
this [one]
[outoj],
the woman, was caught upon [being] self-detected [autofwrw adjective, literally self-thieved, c.f. auto-fwnoj
- self-sounding], committing-adultery [she gave herself away, either by being caught in the act. or possibly by having a bump in circumstances where the husband was absent]
5.
But in the Law,
Moses
commanded us to stone such. You therefore what are you saying?
6.
But they were saying this to test him in order that they might have [something]
to accuse him. But ,
having bent down [katw],
with the finger
was writing into the earth.[appearing not (to hear) only in Textus but seems canonical]
7.
But when [wj]
they continued questioning him, he straightened up and said to them. The [one]
sinless of you, let him be the first to throw a stone
at her
8
A having-bent-down again, he was writing into the earth.
9.
But the [ones] having heard were going out, one by one, having started from the elder [ones] and he was left alone also the woman
being in midst/middle [mesoj
not definite so adjectival]
.
10.
But having straightened up,
said to her, woman,
where are they? Did no one condemn you?
11.
She said: No one Lord.
said: Neither do I condemn you. Go, from now, sin no more.
= 21 (3 threads).
Daybreak, Temple, People, Scribes, Pharisees, Woman (4), Adultery, Teacher, Law,
Moses, (3), Finger, Earth (2), Stone, Lord = 15 (3 threads).
The and the omit John 7:53 to 8:11. WHO, UBS4, NA27 and Tregelles, question but include. , Tischendorf, Syriac Peshitta, Byzantine Majority, Scrivener, Stephanus include.
It is easy to believe that this scripture was erased from the bible by the early church as all bureaucrats hate having their power fettered. And ' mercy and wisdom limits the power of the church to condemn people. This reminds us of those pregnant Nigerian Muslim women who the Northern Nigerian Muslim authorities stone. This is manifestly unfair since it takes two to tango and the man does not develop a bump for his activities. The law of Moses was that both parties were to be stoned not one party...
10 Now a man who commits adultery with another man's wife is one who commits adultery with the wife of his fellowman. He should be put to death without fail, the adulterer and the adulteress as well (Leviticus 20).
3 And the scribes and the Pharisees brought to Him a woman having been taken in adultery. And standing her in [the]
middle [2019Elul10, the start of Passover entry to 2019Tebbeth10, the end of Watchtower Passover entry. So the middle is 2019Heshvan10. That is when the 4th bride finishes standing up. So this woman is the 4th bride, the Watchtower congregation reserves],
4 they said to Him, Teacher, this woman was taken in the very act, committing adultery.
5 And in the Law, Moses commanded that such should be stoned. You, then, what do You say?
6 But they said this, tempting Him, that they may have [reason] to accuse Him. But bending down, wrote with the finger in the earth, not appearing [to hear].
18 And when He finished speaking with him on Mount Sinai, He gave to Moses the two tablets of the testimony, tablets of stone, written by the finger of God. (Exodus 31 )
7 But as they continued questioning Him, bending back up, He said to them, The [one] among you without sin, let him cast the first stone at her [elders with judicial sins that have not been confessed and dealt with cannot sit on a judicial committee].
did not say let the one who has never sinned be the first. He said let the one who has sinned and has not yet given the relevant sacrifice under law so as to have that sin forgiven. So you have sin if your sin has not yet been
confessed and dealt with.
Adultery was one of the 10 commandments. God wrote them on a clay tablet with his finger and then again they were written on a second set of tablets. God bent down to the earth in order to write with his finger. did the same and was
therefore adding to the 10 commandments.
8 And bending down again, He wrote in the earth.
9 But hearing, and being convicted by the conscience, they went out one by one, beginning from the older ones, until the last. And was left alone, and the woman standing in [the]
middle [2019Elul10 to 2019Heshvan10 to 2019Tebbeth10].
10 And bending back up, and having seen no one but the woman, He said to her, Woman, where are those, the accusers of you? Did not one give judgment against you?
11 And she said, No one, Lord [ is her husband under the ]. And said to her, Neither do I judge you [Husbands can forgive adulterous wives] Go, and sin no more. (John 8 )
1st writing with the finger in the earth:
(making law for the church/the earth, as God did on mount Sinai with his finger on the Stone tablet)
Elders who have sinned in such a way as to require a judicial committee and have not confessed to that sin and had it dealt with, cannot themselves sit on a judicial committee
2nd writing in the earth: Rewriting the 7th commandment and possibly one other since he bent down twice. Or possibly a second/Christian law. I am writing new Christian law tablets. perhaps appear not to hear, because his update did not apply to the original law. had to obey Moses not change it during his test. But he could change the greater Christian law.
You cannot stone a pregnant woman who is past mid term. because you would kill the baby who is human and without sin. That should be written into the 7th commandment.
Her husband can forgive her as far as preserving the marriage. But he cannot forgive her for adultery if she has sinned against life which occurs if there is a conception. At conception no forgiveness is possible. She could be stoned after conception and before mid term. If no conception occurs and the husband forgives she is not difellowshipped/stoned but she has commited adulterous fornication. A fornicator cannot be forgiven because she has an open marriage from a forgiving husband. So she gets one warning for both fornication and implied homosexuality.
When it comes to sex, is maximally forgiving!
Since she was caught in the act it would have been too early to determine if she was going to become pregnant. Therefore did not condemn her because the husband could still forgive her and she had not yet sinned against life.
had to obey Moses throughout his entire ministry. So he had to codemn her if the law condemned her. So the law did not condemn her to death at that point. In fact this woman was the nexus of the old law and the new law, hence bent down twice. And the second time he did not write with THE finger. So Christians do not condemn to death adulterers in certain circumstances. This being a more precise understanding of the 7th commandment She did say: No one Lord. So she recognised as Lord. She is acting as a prophetess for all those who recognise as Lord.
God himself did not exercise the death penalty on either David or Bathsheba. They both suffered different penalties. Whatever he sees his father doing this he does.