John 8:1-11
Jesus and the Woman Caught in Adultery
1 but Jesus went to the Mount of Olives.
2 At dawn he appeared again in the temple courts, where all the people gathered around him, and he sat down to teach them. 3 The teachers of the law and the Pharisees brought in a woman caught in adultery. They made her stand before the group 4 and said to Jesus, “Teacher, this woman was caught in the act of adultery. 5 In the Law Moses commanded us to stone such women. Now what do you say?” 6 They were using this question as a trap, in order to have a basis for accusing him.
But Jesus bent down and started to write on the ground with his finger.7 When they kept on questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, “Let any one of you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her.” 8 Again he stooped down and wrote on the ground.
9 At this, those who heard began to go away one at a time, the older ones first, until only Jesus was left, with the woman still standing there.10 Jesus straightened up and asked her, “Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?”
11 “No one, sir,” she said.
“Then neither do I condemn you,” Jesus declared. “Go now and leave your life of sin.”
Is Jesus a Just Man...Our first thought is to immediately say "Yes, Why, of course He is."...But when the teachers of the law and the Pharisees brought Him a woman who was actually caught in adultery, the Law of Moses commanded her to be stoned...So the stoning of this woman to death would have been the proper justice, according to Mosaic Law...And Jesus believed in the Laws of Moses...
So, if one asks me if Jesus is just, I would answer He is forgiving...Divine Justice is not always black or always white...Forgiving and having mercy are a part of being just...Divine Justice is full of grace and truth...