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John 7:53-8:11Rod Thom The Woman Caught in Adultery
The Woman Caught in Adultery John 7:53 Then they all went home, [The earliest manuscripts and many other ancient witnesses do not have John 7:53—8:11. A few manuscripts include these verses, wholly or in part, after John 7:36, John 21:25, Luke 21:38 or Luke 24:53.]
The Woman Caught in Adultery John 8:1 but Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. 2 At dawn he appeared again in the temple courts, where all the people gathered around him, and he sat down to teach them.
The Woman Caught in Adultery 3 The teachers of the law and the Pharisees brought in a woman caught in adultery.
The Woman Caught in Adultery They made her stand before the group 4 and said to Jesus, “Teacher, this woman was caught in the act of adultery. 5 In the Law Moses commanded us to stone such women. Now what do you say?”
The Woman Caught in Adultery 6 They were using this question as a trap, in order to have a basis for accusing him.
The Woman Caught in Adultery But Jesus bent down and started to write on the ground with his finger.
The Woman Caught in Adultery 7 When they kept on questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, “Let any one of you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her.” 8 Again he stooped down and wrote on the ground.
The Woman Caught in Adultery 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.
The Woman Caught in Adultery 10 Jesus straightened up and asked her, “Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?” 11 “No one, sir,” she said. “Then neither do I condemn you,” Jesus declared. “Go now and leave your life of sin.”
Romans 8 there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, 2 because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you[a] free from the law of sin and death. 3 For what the law was powerless to do because it was weakened by the flesh,[b] God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh to be a sin offering.[c] And so he condemned sin in the flesh, 4 in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fully met in us, who do not live according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.
Communion is a unique time for Christ followers to celebrate and remember Jesus together. If you love Christ we invite you to join us in partaking of the bread and juice as Jesus commanded us to do. The bread and juice represent the body and blood of Christ sacrificially given for you. Allow them to speak to you of Christ's love and prayerfully renew your commitment to Live for Him. We encourage you to thoughtfully and prayerfully eat and drink in memory of Christ in your own time or as the leader may direct.