John 8:4-5

⁴and said to Jesus, “Teacher, this woman was caught in the act of adultery.

⁵In the Law Moses commanded us to stone such women. Now what do you say?”a

John 8 opens with the dramatic scene of a woman caught in adultery, brought before Jesus as a trap. Jesus' response — "Let him who is without sin among you be the first to throw a stone at her" — disarms her accusers and offers her not condemnation but a call to new life. The chapte