did Jesus break the law?

[~Shalhevet~]

John 8:1-8

1But Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. 2At dawn he appeared again in the temple courts, where all the people gathered around him, and he sat down to teach them. 3The teachers of the law and the Pharisees brought in a woman caught in adultery. They made her stand before the group 4and said to Jesus, "Teacher, this woman was caught in the act of adultery. 5In the Law Moses commanded us to stone such women. Now what do you say?" 6They were using this question as a trap, in order to have a basis for accusing him.

But Jesus bent down and started to write on the ground with his finger. 7When they kept on questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, "If any one of you is without sin, let him be the first to throw a stone at her." 8Again he stooped down and wrote on the ground.

A muslim friend of mine brought this up. He told me that Jesus broke the law here. Did he?

[Hunterpoet]

Well, was your muslim friend kind enough to say what law was broken?

Maybe writing in the dirt is against muslim law??

[Arthur Durnan]

Muslims (edited by moderator) are perhaps among the very last folk to give biblical direction or to query Holy Writ. Jesus Christ fulfilled the law and ultimately nailed it in its entirety to His cross in Colossians 2:14-17. Hallelujah and Amen!

[humbleseeker]

He didnt say not to stone her he simply asked a question, and convicted there hearts of there own sin. Remeber Jesus came to fullfill the law his grace and mercy is fullfilling his law.

[~candice~]

2Co 5:21 MKJV

21 For He has made Him who knew no sin, to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.

Nope .

[~Shalhevet~]

I know he came to fulfill the law not abolish it but it seems like here he put an end to stoning. Was he simply trying to tell us not to judge or was he telling us to do away with punishments?

[~Shalhevet~]

He didnt say not to stone her he simply asked a question, and convicted there hearts of there own sin. Remeber Jesus came to fullfill the law his grace and mercy is fullfilling his law.

I never thought of it this way!

[Hunterpoet]

I know he came to fulfill the law not abolish it but it seems like here he put an end to stoning. Was he simply trying to tell us not to judge or was he telling us to do away with punishments?

At some point in time you may want to point out to your friend that the pharisee's only brought one of the guilty parties to be judged.

Adultery always involves 2 people....where was the other person???

I'm remembering from the news that a young woman was stoned to death in a muslim country after reporting being raped...nothing happened to the men.

[Fez]

He didnt say not to stone her he simply asked a question, and convicted there hearts of there own sin. Remeber Jesus came to fullfill the law his grace and mercy is fullfilling his law.

Amen to that answer!

And does not Muslim law say two or three witnesses have to see the adultery taking place? What a cop out!

No one I know invites an audience

[~Shalhevet~]

At some point in time you may want to point out to your friend that the pharisee's only brought one of the guilty parties to be judged.

Adultery always involves 2 people....where was the other person???

I'm remembering from the news that a young woman was stoned to death in a muslim country after reporting being raped...nothing happened to the men.

Very good point.

Of course this man always has something to debate with me about. And I welcome him to ask questions but he can be a bit insulting at times. I know he doesn't think too highly of Israel and the Jews and this is a sensitive area for us so I try to avoid talking about that. Funny thing is yesterday while we were sitting at a table, my Jewish friend sat down next to us. So there's a muslim, a christian and a jew all at the same table. I thought that was really neat! The thing that made me mad was that my muslim friend told my jewish friend that THEY had more in common with their religion than jews and christians. I didn't even know how to RESPOND to that. He goes on to bash christianity again right in front of me. I never say anything bad about muslims. I definitely ponit out that they are wrong, but I don't insult them like that. Once again, I had to explain to him that not all christians are "corrupt" and not to single us out because that would be like me saying all muslims are terrorists. He can't seem to understand this.