Week XVII John 8:1-11 Christ with the Woman Taken in Adultery, Tues, 4/12

John 8:1-5
•What laws governed the sin adultery? What was the penalty?
-Lev 20:10, Deut 22:22, 23-24
•Does the law only apply to woman?
•Why did not they also bring the man?
-Lk 11:53-54

John 8:6
•why it’s a tricky question?
-If Jesus said “no”
-If Jesus Said “yes”
•Which answer were the Pharisees expecting Jesus to make?

John 8:7
•According to the law, who should be the 1st to throw a stone
-Deut 17:7

John 8:8
•What might Jesus have written? This is the only account of Jesus writing anything.
•What had God written with his finger in OT?
-EX 31:18
•Who’s the author of the law?
•What did St John imply by writing down this detail?

John 8:9
•Why did the Pharisees leave one by one?
•Why was Jesus’ answer a tricky one?
-What would the man to throw the 1st stone be claiming?
-If they stone her, what would the Romans react?
-If they let her go, who’s breaking the law, Jesus or they?

John 8:10
•How witness does it take to condemn someone of breaking the law?
-Deut 17:5-7, 19:15
-How many witness left to condemn the woman?

John 8:11
•What was Jesus command to the woman?
•Can one assume that a personal encounter with Jesus is adequate for salvation?
-CCC 162
•What does it mean to be a follower of Jesus?
-LK 9:23-24

Should this story be in the Bible?
•Should this story be in the Bible?
•Who decided what should be included in the Bible? And by what criterion?
-CCC120, 1117

What does this story teach about?
•Does this story teach about relaxing moral rules?
-Rom 3:8, 6:1,15
•What does the law pronounce against us?
-Rom 3:19-20, 4:15, 7:9, CCC 708
•How does the law bring us to Christ?
-Gal 3:24-26, CCC 1982
•What’s the relationship between Christ and Law?
-CCC1982-1985, 1963-1964
•What can we learn from this story when we engage in arguments?