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162:3.1 It was during this [[visit]] to [[Jerusalem]] that [[Jesus]] dealt with a certain [[woman]] of [[evil]] [[repute]] who was brought into his [[presence]] by her accusers and his [[enemies]]. The [[distorted]] [[record]][https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_john#Chapter_8] you have of this [[episode]] would suggest that this [[woman]] had been brought before [[Jesus]] by the [[scribes]] and [[Pharisees]], and that [[Jesus]] so dealt with them as to indicate that these [[religious]] [[leaders]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jews Jews] might themselves have been [[guilty]] of immorality. [[Jesus]] well knew that, while these [[scribes]] and [[Pharisees]] were spiritually blind and [[intellectual]]ly [[prejudiced]] by their [[loyalty]] to [[tradition]], they were to be numbered among the most thoroughly [[moral]] men of that day and [[generation]].

162:3.1 It was during this [[visit]] to [[Jerusalem]] that [[Jesus]] dealt with a certain [[woman]] of [[evil]] [[repute]] who was brought into his [[presence]] by her accusers and his [[enemies]]. The [[distorted]] [[record]][https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_john#Chapter_8] you have of this [[episode]] would suggest that this [[woman]] had been brought before [[Jesus]] by the [[scribes]] and [[Pharisees]], and that [[Jesus]] so dealt with them as to indicate that these [[religious]] [[leaders]] of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jews Jews] might themselves have been [[guilty]] of immorality. [[Jesus]] well knew that, while these [[scribes]] and [[Pharisees]] were spiritually blind and [[intellectual]]ly [[prejudiced]] by their [[loyalty]] to [[tradition]], they were to be numbered among the most thoroughly [[moral]] men of that day and [[generation]].

162:3.2 What really happened was this: Early the third morning of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukkot the feast], as [[Jesus]] approached [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Temple the temple], he was met by a [[group]] of the hired [[agents]] of the [[Sanhedrin]] who were dragging a [[woman]] along with them. As they came near, the [[spokesman]] said: Master, this [[woman]] was taken in [[adultery]]—in the very [[act]]. Now, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosaic_Law the law of Moses] commands that we should [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stoning#In_Judaism stone] such a [[woman]]. What do you say should be done with her? [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_john#Chapter_8]

162:3.2 What really happened was this: Early the third morning of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukkot the feast], as [[Jesus]] approached [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Temple the temple], he was met by a [[group]] of the hired [[agents]] of the [[Sanhedrin]] who were dragging a [[woman]] along with them. As they came near, the [[spokesman]] said: Master, this [[woman]] was taken in [[adultery]]—in the very [[act]]. Now, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosaic_Law the law of Moses] commands that we should [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stoning#In_Judaism stone] such a [[woman]]. What do you say should be done with her? [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_john#Chapter_8]

162:3.3 It was the [[plan]] of [[Jesus]]' [[enemies]], if he upheld the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torah law of Moses] requiring that the [[self]]-[[confess]]ed [[transgressor]] be [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stoning#In_Judaism stoned], to involve him in [[difficulty]] with the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Republic Roman rulers], who had denied the [[Jews]] the [[right]] to inflict the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_and_capital_punishment#Judaism death penalty] without the approval of a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_republic#Executive_Magistrates Roman tribunal]. If he [[forbade]] stoning the woman, they would [[accuse]] him before the [[Sanhedrin]] of setting himself up above [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses Moses] and the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_law Jewish law]. If he remained [[silent]], they would accuse him of [[cowardice]]. But [[the Master]] so managed the situation that the whole [[Conspiracy|plot]] fell to pieces of its own sordid weight.

162:3.3 It was the [[plan]] of [[Jesus]]' [[enemies]], if he upheld the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torah law of Moses] requiring that the [[self]]-[[confess]]ed [[transgressor]] be [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stoning#In_Judaism stoned], to involve him in [[difficulty]] with the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Republic Roman rulers], who had denied the [[Jews]] the [[right]] to inflict the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_and_capital_punishment#Judaism death penalty] without the approval of a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_republic#Executive_Magistrates Roman tribunal]. If he [[forbade]] stoning the woman, they would [[accuse]] him before the [[Sanhedrin]] of setting himself up above [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses Moses] and the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_law Jewish law]. If he remained [[silent]], they would accuse him of [[cowardice]]. But [[the Master]] so managed the situation that the whole [[Conspiracy|plot]] fell to pieces of its own sordid weight.

162:3.4 This [[woman]], once [[comely]], was the [[wife]] of an inferior [[citizen]] of [[Nazareth]], a man who had been a troublemaker for [[Jesus]] throughout his [[youth]]ful days. The [[man]], having [[married]] this woman, did most [[shame]]fully force her to earn their living by [[Prostitution|making commerce]] of her [[body]]. He had come up to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukkot the feast] at [[Jerusalem]] that his [[wife]] might thus [[prostitute]] her [[physical]] charms for [[Profit|financial gain]]. He had entered into a bargain with the hirelings of the [[Sanhedrin|Jewish rulers]] thus to betray his own [[wife]] in her commercialized [[vice]]. And so they came with the [[woman]] and her [[companion]] in [[transgression]] for the [[purpose]] of ensnaring [[Jesus]] into making some [[statement]] which could be used against him in case of his [[arrest]].

162:3.4 This [[woman]], once [[comely]], was the [[wife]] of an inferior [[citizen]] of [[Nazareth]], a man who had been a troublemaker for [[Jesus]] throughout his [[youth]]ful days. The [[man]], having [[married]] this woman, did most [[shame]]fully force her to earn their living by [[Prostitution|making commerce]] of her [[body]]. He had come up to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukkot the feast] at [[Jerusalem]] that his [[wife]] might thus [[prostitute]] her [[physical]] charms for [[Profit|financial gain]]. He had entered into a bargain with the hirelings of the [[Sanhedrin|Jewish rulers]] thus to betray his own [[wife]] in her commercialized [[vice]]. And so they came with the [[woman]] and her [[companion]] in [[transgression]] for the [[purpose]] of ensnaring [[Jesus]] into making some [[statement]] which could be used against him in case of his [[arrest]].

162:3.5 [[Jesus]], looking over the crowd, saw her [[husband]] standing behind the others. He knew what sort of man he was and [[perceived]] that he was a party to the despicable [[transaction]]. [[Jesus]] first walked around to near where this [[degenerate]] [[husband]] stood and [[wrote]] upon the sand a few [[words]] which caused him to depart in haste. Then he came back before the [[woman]] and wrote again upon the ground for the benefit of her would-be accusers; and when they [[read]] his [[words]], they, too, went away, one by one. And when [[the Master]] had [[written]] in the sand the third time, the [[woman]]'s [[companion]] in [[evil]] took his departure, so that, when [[the Master]] raised himself up from this [[writing]], he beheld the [[woman]] standing alone before him. [[Jesus]] said: " Woman, where are your [[accusers]]? did no man remain to stone you? " And the woman, lifting up her eyes, answered, " No man, Lord. " And then said [[Jesus]]: " I know about you; neither do I [[condemn]] you. Go your way in [[peace]]. " And this [[woman]], Hildana, [[forsook]] her [[wicked]] [[husband]] and joined herself to the [[disciples]] of [[the kingdom]].[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_john#Chapter_8]

162:3.5 [[Jesus]], looking over the crowd, saw her [[husband]] standing behind the others. He knew what sort of man he was and [[perceived]] that he was a party to the despicable [[transaction]]. [[Jesus]] first walked around to near where this [[degenerate]] [[husband]] stood and [[wrote]] upon the sand a few [[words]] which caused him to depart in haste. Then he came back before the [[woman]] and wrote again upon the ground for the benefit of her would-be accusers; and when they [[read]] his [[words]], they, too, went away, one by one. And when [[the Master]] had [[written]] in the sand the third time, the [[woman]]'s [[companion]] in [[evil]] took his departure, so that, when [[the Master]] raised himself up from this [[writing]], he beheld the [[woman]] standing alone before him. [[Jesus]] said: " Woman, where are your [[accusers]]? did no man remain to stone you? " And the woman, lifting up her eyes, answered, " No man, Lord. " And then said [[Jesus]]: " I know about you; neither do I [[condemn]] you. Go your way in [[peace]]. " And this [[woman]], Hildana, [[forsook]] her [[wicked]] [[husband]] and joined herself to the [[disciples]] of [[the kingdom]].[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_john#Chapter_8]