Why did Jesus write in the dirt/ground when the womanwas caught
in adultery?
John 8:6-11 (http://biblia.com/bible/nasb95/John%208.6-11) ,
"They were saying this, testing Him, so that they might havegrounds
for accusing Him. But Jesus stooped down and with His finger wrote
on the ground. 7 But when theypersisted in asking Him, He
straightened up, and said to them, He who is without sin among you,
let him be the firstto throw a stone at her. 8 Again He stooped
down and wrote on the ground. 9 When they heard it, they began to
goout one by one, beginning with the older ones, and He was left
alone, and the woman, where she was, in the centerof the court. 10
Straightening up, Jesus said to her, Woman, where are they? Did no
one condemn you? 11 Shesaid, No one, Lord. And Jesus said, I do not
condemn you, either. Go. From now on sin no more.
We don't know exactly why Jesus wrote on the ground during the
episode of the woman caught in adultery, but it might bethat Jesus
was referring to the Old Testament passage found in Jeremiah.
Jeremiah 17:13 (http://biblia.com/bible/nasb95/Jeremiah%2017.13)
, "Lord, hope of Israel, those who leave you will be shamed.People
who quit following the Lord will be like a name written in the
dust, because they have left the Lord, the springof living
water."
Since the Jews in Israel were legalistic and probably in sin
themselves (and they knew the Old Testament Scriptures), thewriting
in the ground may very well have reminded them of the Jeremiah
passage. So, Jesus may have been writing outtheir sins.
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