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Why Did Jesus Let The Women Caught In Adultery

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The goal of my paper is to analyze a scripture passage and critique it by using four different techniques. The techniques are historical criticism, source criticism, redaction criticism, and narrative criticism. The passage which I'll be analyzing and critiquing is John 8:1-11(women caught in adultery). Why did Jesus let the women caught in adultery live?

In the bible it clearly states, “You shall not commit adultery"(Exodus 20:14). How could Jesus disobey a commandment which is clearly written. There is no way this women should be able to get out of this punishment. This women should have got stoned to death right then and there. But could it be possible this was a trap? Those men were not trying to seek justice. They were trying to trick jesus and make him look bad. The men were trying to get a reaction out of Jesus which would result in him …show more content…

This happens a lot in today's society when people judge and accuse someone of something which really didn't happen. For example, there has been incidents when adults and teenagers have made fun of an overweight person, or the way someone looks, or even the way they talk. Just remember that we all are children of god, and one day we will return to him and he will ask us why we judge others in negative ways. Another point was accusing others without proof of it actually happening. For example, in highschool a guy heard from his friend that there was a girl who is a slut because she messes around with all the guys. You can't accuse this girl of being a slut without proof because the guy who heard this could have heard it from his friend, who could have heard it from someone else. So basically this is third or fourth hand knowledge that you're getting this information from. No one actually saw this girl so people are actually both judging her and accusing her of something with

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