The Answer, God Gave Me

In John 8, when they brought the woman caught in the act of adultery to Jesus, He bent down and wrote in the dirt. What He did write made the Pharicees and the scribes leave with out saying a word. And they left there, the oldest first.

Why did the oldest leave first ? Their sins were just as bad as the youngest and this should have made them all leave at the same time.

Why didn't Jesus comdemn her ? After all she was caught having sex with a married man, or she was married . Married people who have sex with other than their spouse commit adultery.

What did Jesus write in the dirt that made the oldest leave first ? The oldest knew the law of Moses better than the youngest did. That's why, when Jesus began to write what they knew best, they left first. Then after He wrote some more, the others left also. They left with out saying a word, because they knew Jesus had them dead to right when it came to the law.

Which law did He write in the dirt ?

Deuteronomy 22:22, "If a man is found lying with a woman married to a husband, then both of them shall die--the man that lay with the woman,, and the woman; so you shall put away the evil from Israel.

If Jesus had condemned her, without condemning the man as well, He would have broken the law of Moses. He could not condemn her because they failed to bring the other adulterer with them. If they had, Jesus would have had to obey the law, and both would have been stoned. But because only the woman was brought to Him, He could do nothing to her. And as He wrote in the dirt the Pharisees who knew the law the best, left first, then the others. This left no one to be a witness against her. Therefore He had to, by law, let her go.

Deuteronomy 17:6, "Whoever is deserving of death shall be put to death on the testimony of two or three witnesses; he shall not be put to death on the testimony of one witness.

7, "The hands of the witnesses shall be the first against him to put him to death, and afterward the hands of all the people. So you shall put away the evil from among you.

  This means the Pharisees knew they would have to cast the first stone at the woman, and in doing so they would have broken the law, and they themselves would have to stand trial for murder.