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To: rjsimmon

And no such implication was brought up by Jesus. To me that rules it out.

I hold to the view that Jesus embarrassed the accusers away by pointing out things they had done which ought to earn them death or at least shame. Perhaps a list of mistresses And therefore they dispersed. His question at the end is telling: does anyone accuse? The deciding matter was the lack of willing witnesses.

Be careful about holding your opinion as “teaching.”


43 posted on 04/08/2014 1:21:40 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: HiTech RedNeck; rjsimmon

A couple more things to consider in this incident.

1. The witnesses (accusers) were to begin the stoning, by casting the first stones. (Apparently none of these “witnesses” wanted that honor.)

2. Anyone who bore false witness against another was sentenced to the same punishment the accused would have received. (In a capital case such as this, false witnesses were to be executed.)

Perhaps what Jesus stooped and wrote on the ground were the citations from the Law governing the case at hand.


47 posted on 04/08/2014 1:35:18 PM PDT by LearsFool ("Thou shouldst not have been old, till thou hadst been wise.")
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To: HiTech RedNeck
Be careful about holding your opinion as “teaching.”>

I was not doing any such thing... Were you?

48 posted on 04/08/2014 1:39:51 PM PDT by rjsimmon (The Tree of Liberty Thirsts)
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To: HiTech RedNeck

Yeah...You have to wonder what Jesus was “writing in the dust” as the accusers were gathered ‘round!


62 posted on 04/09/2014 6:30:39 AM PDT by mdmathis6
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