The Gospel of John Chapter 8

In a recent study of chapter 8, I came to the following contemplation on the first 12 verses. Jesus does not acknowledge the Law of Moses (Lev 20:10) in relation to the adulteress as coming from His Father, and He does so by not enforce it. Taking this in conjunction with His comments about the true father of the Jews in 8:33 to 8:59 we can logically come to the following hypothesis: the Law of Moses in Lev 20:10 did not stem from the Father of Jesus, but from the father of Jews.

It is clear from Jesus that the 10 Commandments are from God the Father, but their interpretation of their enforcement was obviously wrong. We know from the New Testament that violation of any of the commandments results in spiritual death (separation for God), so why should God also require physical death; especially when the sinner has the chance to repent up until their last breath? The more likely scenario is that either Moses misunderstood the word ‘death’ or that the Satan smuggled in his own laws during the time that the Israelites were waiting to get into the Promised Land.

Another thing to consider is deeper meaning of “anyone free from sin can throw the first stone”. By this, I think that He is suggesting that only God or an Angel of God has the right to judge or punish. His words about judgment later in 8:16 underpin this: even Jesus must get the approval of God when passing judgment.