{"id":304,"date":"2015-02-26T00:18:12","date_gmt":"2015-02-26T00:18:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/azmi.co\/cust\/ngba-wp\/?page_id=304"},"modified":"2024-04-10T17:58:20","modified_gmt":"2024-04-10T17:58:20","slug":"jesus-and-the-adulteress","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nogodbutallah.org\/?page_id=304","title":{"rendered":"Jesus-and the adulteress"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the name of All\u0101h,
\n<\/span>the Beneficent, the Merciful.
\n<\/span>Peace and Blessings of All\u0101h on Mohammad.
\n<\/span>DEDICATED TO
\n<\/span>All\u0101h\u2013the Glorious and the High,
\n<\/span>Lord of the worlds
\n<\/span>AND TO
\n<\/span>Mohammad\u2013who brought the world
\n<\/span>to our feet and eternity to our arms.
\n<\/span>*<\/span><\/p>\n

JESUS & THE ADULTERESS<\/span><\/p>\n

In the Gospel of John, Jews brought a woman who they said had committed adultery which, according to the Mosaic Law, carried the punishment of stoning to death. They asked Jesus for his view in the matter. Jesus replied: \u201cHe that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.\u201d<\/span> After no one had cast a stone at the woman, Jesus said to the woman that as none of the Jews had condemn her, \u201cNeither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more\u201d\u2013(John 8:1-11). <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 Christian\u2019s claim that Jesus forgave the adulteress is baseless. Strangely, there is no mention of the man with whom the woman is said to have committed adultery. Neither did the woman confess to nor deny the charge, nor was she asked if the charge against her was true. (Some justice!) <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 Jesus not only says that he came to fulfill the law,1<\/span><\/sup> he explicitly instructed his followers to \u201cobserve and do\u201d whatever the \u201cscribes and Pharisees\u201d bid hem to do, because they sit in Moses\u2019 seat;2<\/span><\/sup> and two of the Mosaic teachings are to take an eye for an eye<\/i>, and to stone<\/i> the adulterer\/adulteress. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 Jesus could not be said to have abrogated these Mosaic laws and yet tell his followers to observe them. It would be a contradiction.<\/span><\/p>\n

Jesus\u2019 turn the other cheek<\/i>3<\/span> <\/sup>and that the one who is without sin to cast a stone<\/i> at the adulteress do not abrogate the Mosaic teachings of an eye for an eye<\/i>4<\/span> <\/sup>and to stone <\/i>those guilty of adultery5<\/span> <\/sup>To give the \u201cother cheek\u201d is not applicable to infractions against cardinal laws. Jesus\u2019 give the \u201cother cheek\u201d and to forgive seventy times seven <\/i>were meant to reform his people into being more tolerant of one another (and his mission was <\/span>ONLY FOR JEWS<\/a><\/span>). <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

However, if any aggrieved Jew would have demanded \u201can eye\u201d in turn from his transgressor Jesus would have had no choice but to apply the law which he came to, and vowed to, uphold.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 If the woman was guilty and Christ did not stone her then Christ had simply failed to enforce the law of God. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 Jesus telling the scribes and Pharisees, \u201cHe that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her,\u201d<\/span> does not mean Jesus forgave her or that this statement abrogated the law of stoning. <\/span><\/p>\n

To say that the law of stoning was abrogated because no man is without sin and therefore no one would be able to \u201ccast a stone,\u201d it would have been pointless for God to have given such a law that man could not have carried out. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 Further, there was no case to begin with; the woman\u2019s accusers had all left without \u201ccondemning\u201d her. Jesus, rightly, as he had no evidence in the matter, could not condemn her either; he telling the woman to \u201cgo, and sin no more,\u201d <\/span>is not a reflection that a sin (adultery) was committed. While this may be the best advice that Jesus could have given, it certainly wasn\u2019t \u201cforgiveness.\u201d<\/span>
\nIt would have been interesting to note Jesus\u2019 response if the scribes and Pharisees had said to him that, since he, Jesus, was without sin, for him to first cast a stone at her.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 Paramountly, as noted, Jesus came to uphold the Mosaic law. He declared in clear unambiguous words in Matthew 5:17-19: \u201cThink not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy <\/span>BUT TO FULFILL<\/span>. For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or title <\/span>SHALL IN NO WISE PASS <\/span>from the law, <\/span>TILL ALL BE FULFILLED<\/span>. Whosoever therefore <\/span>SHALL BREAK ONE OF THESE LEAST COMMANDMENTS<\/span>, and shall teach men so, he shall be called <\/span><\/span>THE LEAST IN THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN<\/span>.\u201d
\n<\/span><\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 Thus if Jesus abrogated stoning to death then by his own words Jesus is \u201c<\/span>THE LEAST IN THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN<\/span>.\u201d <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

(See also ANSWERING ISLAM CRITIC-& MOHAMMAD<\/a>).<\/span><\/p>\n

*<\/span><\/p>\n

Another observation. Jesus conversing with the Samaritan woman is not a sign of liberation of women. God decreed that woman be dominated by her husband; and this is what Paul taught. <\/span><\/p>\n

All Jesus wanted from the woman was a drink of water: \u201cThere cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water (from Jacob\u2019s well): Jesus saith unto her, Give me to drink;\u201d <\/span>but she gave Jesus an argument as to why a Jew was seeking drink from a Samaritan seeing that \u201cJews have no dealings with the Samaritans\u201d\u2013(John 4:5-28). <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 As prophet of God, Jesus could not turn anyone away; but he could avoid them, and which he did, as is evident from his admonition to his disciples to not preach to non-Jews (and even Samaritans who also were Jews) whom he regarded as \u201cdogs\u201d and \u201cswine\u201d and from his preaching in parables so they would not understand and be saved. <\/span><\/p>\n

Obviously, Jesus had no intention of indulging in argument with the Samaritan woman. But the woman was sharp. And Jesus was cornered into it. This is no<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>liberation<\/span>.<\/span> Jesus was on self-defense)<\/span>. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

*<\/span><\/p>\n

NOTES<\/span><\/p>\n

1.<\/span> Matt. 5:17-18<\/span><\/p>\n

2.<\/span> Matt. 23:2-3<\/span><\/p>\n

3.<\/span> Luke 6:29.<\/span><\/p>\n

4.<\/span> Exodus 21:24.<\/span><\/p>\n

5.<\/span> Lev. 20:10\/John 8:5.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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