4/15/09 John 8

As I was reading John chapter 8, Pharasees prepared a trap so Jesus would fall into it.  They brought a woman who was caught in adultery, and asked Jesus how to take care of this woman.  When they said trap, I simplely thought they would be just accusing Jesus' thoughts but this wasn't true.  This specific trap was directly connected into the life of Jesus.  Reason was that if Jesus answered that they are suppose to stone this woman, Jesus could have been in trouble with Romans because Romans did not allow Jews to carry out a death penalty on their own.  Also, if Jesus answered that they are not suppose to stone this woman, then Jesus could have been accused because he was going against Moses' laws.  However, Jesus said to people that whoever doesn't have any sin, stone this woman.  No one was able to accuse Jesus because his answer was completely different to what they expected.