Woman taken in adultery
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Woman taken in adultery is a famous New Testament story in the Gospel of John in which Jesus confronts a crowd ready to stone an accused adulterous woman, highlighting mercy and the challenge, “Let him who is without sin cast the first stone.”
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Woman caught in adultery | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Jesus narrative
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New Testament narrative ⓘ biblical story ⓘ pericope ⓘ |
| actionByAccusers |
attempt to trap Jesus
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bring woman before Jesus ⓘ cite law of Moses ⓘ |
| actionByJesus |
challenges the accusers
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writes on the ground ⓘ |
| alternateName |
Pericope adulterae
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Story of the adulterous woman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Gospel of John NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsInChapter | John 8 ⓘ |
| appearsInVerses | John 7:53–8:11 ⓘ |
| depictedIn |
Christian art
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Christian preaching and homilies ⓘ |
| famousLine |
He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her
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Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more ⓘ |
| genre | didactic narrative ⓘ |
| hasCentralFigure |
Jesus
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adulterous woman ⓘ |
| hasOtherFigure |
Pharisees
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accusers ⓘ crowd ⓘ scribes ⓘ |
| influenced |
Christian teachings on forgiveness
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Christian views on judgment and sin ⓘ |
| legalContext | adultery under Mosaic Law ⓘ |
| moralEmphasis |
divine mercy over strict legalism
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self-examination before judging others ⓘ |
| punishmentProposed | stoning ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Christianity ⓘ |
| result |
Jesus exhorts woman to sin no more
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accusers leave one by one ⓘ woman is not stoned ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
Jerusalem
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temple courts ⓘ |
| textualStatus |
absent from earliest Greek manuscripts of John
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often marked as later addition in modern Bibles ⓘ textually disputed passage ⓘ |
| theme |
authority of Jesus
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compassion of Jesus NERFINISHED ⓘ forgiveness ⓘ hypocrisy ⓘ judgment ⓘ law of Moses NERFINISHED ⓘ mercy ⓘ sin ⓘ testing Jesus ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Pericope adulterae
subject surface form:
Pericope adulterae
this entity surface form:
Woman caught in adultery