being himself one of them.
007:051 "Does our Law," he asked, "judge a man without first hearing
what he has to say and ascertaining what his conduct is?"
007:052 "Do you also come from Galilee?" they asked in reply.
"Search and see for yourself that no Prophet is
of Galilaean origin."
007:053 [So they went away to their several homes;
008:001 but Jesus went to the Mount of Olives.
008:002 At break of day however He returned to the Temple, and there
the people came to Him in crowds. He seated Himself;
008:003 and was teaching them when the Scribes and the Pharisees brought
to Him a woman who had been found committing adultery.
They made her stand in the centre of the court, and they put
the case to Him.
008:004 "Rabbi," they said, "this woman has been found in the very act
of committing adultery.
008:005 Now, in the Law, Moses has ordered us to stone such women to death.
But what do you say?"
008:006 They asked this in order to put Him to the test,
so that they might have some charge to bring against Him.
But Jesus leant forward and began to write with His finger
on the ground.
008:007 When however they persisted with their question, He raised
His head and said to them, "Let the sinless man among you
be the first to throw a stone at her."
008:008 Then He leant forward again, and again began to write
on the ground.
008:009 They listened to Him, and then, beginning with the eldest,
took their departure, one by one, till all were gone.
And Jesus was left behind alone--and the woman in the centre