John 8: 3 Commentary

The point has been made that the accusers of the woman had no witnesses. They did not bring the man.

I don’t want to get into the witness law. I just want to point out that this point is moot. Jesus did not challenge them on account of witness requirement. Nor he did he defend here innocence. He simply refused to condemn her. He refused to honor the Mosaic law.

I think it is safe to say that with this account (verses 1-11) Jesus revoked the law set forth in Deut. 22:22

By Charles (wrote 1421 Bible Commentaries - permalink to this Commentary)
Posted on: 11/26/2011 23:38 pm

Adriana & Ruben: Verdun is correct. The website is unrelated to the Word of God. August 3, 2011 is National Watermelon Day. Some cold watermelon just before sitting down to study God’s Word sounds like a grand idea to me.

By Roland G (wrote 1413 Bible Commentaries - permalink to this Commentary)
Posted on: 7/17/2011 12:18 pm

it’s indeed creepy. i also tried google and bing, but couldn’t find helpful info on this matter. maybe one of the regular contributors to vbvbc can shine their light on 8/3/11. -ruben

By ruben (wrote 2 Bible Commentaries - permalink to this Commentary)
Posted on: 7/17/2011 12:03 pm

Creepy, very Creepy! They say they will reveal what it’s about on the 3rd of August, so I think we have to wait. I hope nothing bad will happen. Maybe they are terrorists or a serial killer who will reveal something he did. But hopefully it’s just a viral campaign for a horror movie. I don’t think it has anything to do with this Bible passage John 8:3-11 is about sin but not about murder or demonism or satanism.

By G. Verdun (wrote 2 Bible Commentaries - permalink to this Commentary)
Posted on: 7/17/2011 10:47 am

I have a question: I bumped into a weird website ( 8-3-11.info : be careful, maybe it’s demonic) with the face of a creepy girl and a lot of creepy sounds. There are no advertisements, so I think it’s not commercial, but what do the numbers 8-3-11 mean? Some say it has to do with this passage in the Bible. The website itself is not helpfull because it doesn’t give any clues. Maybe it has something to do with the date 8-3-11 (August 3 2011)? Is it a release date for some game or movie? I haven’t any idea. Google wasn’t helpful either, so that’s why I ask it here.

By Adriana (wrote 1 Bible Commentary - permalink to this Commentary)
Posted on: 7/17/2011 10:06 am

in the passages of John chapter 8 are recorded the only time in the life of Christ that He ever wrote something. all sorts of speculations exist as to what the Lord wrote on the ground on that occasion…

according to the context of John chapter 8, the charge of adultery was brought against a woman by the Pharisees as a means to tempt Christ… for ” They said this, tempting Him so that they might have reason to accuse Him. ”

immediately following their statement, ” Jesus wrote on the ground with His finger, not appearing to hear. ”

what could the Lord have written on the ground ?

what the Lord could have been writing on the ground was the Commandment ” You shall not bear false witness against your
neighbor. ” Ex. 20:16

the Pharisees brought only the woman to Jesus, letting go the man, and tempted Him to adjudicate the case which was contrary to the Law for Him to do. Deut. 19:16-19

they showed bias in their accusations by admitting the woman was caught in the act but failed to bring to justice the man with whom she had adultery. and they brought their case to the wrong Judge hoping to condemn Jesus for usurping the Law of God given to Moses.

the Law called for these Pharisees, these accusers of the woman, to be put to death as well. ( Deut. 19:16-19 ) since these Pharisees brought a false report being they were malicious witnesses…

“You shall not bear a false report; do not join your hand with a wicked man to be a malicious witness. ” Ex. 23:1

a false witness is listed among the seven things that are hateful to God. ( Pv. 6:16-19 ) could it be that the man the Pharisees failed to accuse was as a close friend of theirs ? maybe one of their own ? did they take a bribe ? ( Pv. 17:23 ) no struggle was reported concerning the man. do we suppose he was an enemy of the Pharisees ? he wouldn’t have gotten away if he was their enemy… he was let go for some diabolical reason.

whatever that part of the case may be, the Pharisees brought false witness against their neighbor showing bias judgement in bringing only the woman before Christ.

By old man joe (wrote 5 Bible Commentaries - permalink to this Commentary)
Posted on: 6/3/2007 13:59 pm