[joesbucks]

I believe he was displaying (and I may be very wrong) how those who believe in Him and strive to live a life like Him should treat those who are sinful. The remedy for the womans sin was stoning to death. He intervened.

Ill never say there should be no civil penalty for crimes. Frankly, I fear a life in prison more than I would fear the death penalty.

But as I said, the messages given in the Bible are mixed with regard to the death penalty.

[TFMcGuire]

The Bible's messages are not mixed. But we are commanded to study and rightly divide the word of truth.