行淫被捉現形的婦女 — 約翰福音讀經隨筆 第8章

約翰福音第八章第3—11節，一個被捉奸在床的婦女被帶到耶穌麵前，文士和法利賽人想試探耶穌如何處理這個案子，他們好抓住耶穌的把柄害他。於是就對耶穌說，按摩西律法這個婦人應該用石頭打死，你說該怎麽處理呢？耶穌知道這些人的陰謀，在他們不斷追問的情況下就對他們說：“你們中間誰是沒有罪的 ，誰就可以先拿石頭打她”。他們聽見這話，就從老到少一個一個的都出去了，沒人定這個婦人的罪。然後耶穌就對這個婦人說“我也不定你的罪，去吧，從此不要再犯罪了”。這個案例告訴我們一個道理，就是隻有當每個人認識到自己也是罪人的時候，就不會去定犯罪之人的罪了，並且對自己的罪人身份認識越深刻，就越不會定人的罪，即越容易饒恕人。相反，覺得自己是對的而不是罪的的時候，就會理直氣壯地定別人的罪。耶穌是神，是聖潔的，最有資格定人的罪，可他仍然選擇了赦免這個婦人的罪，並且親身死在十字架上替罪人受了懲罰，可見，神的愛是多麽的長闊高深！信靠耶穌，罪得赦免，活在耶穌的愛裏，也赦免別人的過錯，做耶穌的好門徒！

約8:3 文士和法利賽人、帶著一個行淫時被拿的婦人來、叫他站在當中。
The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman taken in adultery. Having set her in the midst,
約8:4 就對耶穌說、夫子、這婦人是正行淫之時被拿的。
they told him, "Teacher, we found this woman in adultery, in the very act.
約8:5 摩西在律法上所吩咐我們、把這樣的婦人用石頭打死．你說該把他怎麽樣呢。
Now in our law, Moses commanded us to stone such. What then do you say about her?"
約8:6 他們說這話、乃試探耶穌、要得著告他的把柄。耶穌卻彎著腰用指頭在地上畫字。
They said this testing him, that they might have something to accuse him of. But Jesus stooped down, and wrote on the ground with his finger.
約8:7 他們還是不住的問他、耶穌就直起腰來、對他們說、你們中間誰是沒有罪的、誰就可以先拿石頭打他．
But when they continued asking him, he looked up and said to them, "He who is without sin among you, let him throw the first stone at her."
約8:8 於是又彎著腰用指頭在地上畫字。
Again he stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground.
約8:9 他們聽見這話、就從老到少一個一個的都出去了．隻剩下耶穌一人、還有那婦人仍然站在當中。
They, when they heard it, being convicted by their conscience, went out one by one, beginning from the oldest, even to the last. Jesus was left alone with the woman where she was, in the middle.
約8:10 耶穌就直起腰來、對他說、婦人、那些人在哪裏呢．沒有人定你的罪麽。
Jesus, standing up, saw her and said, "Woman, where are your accusers? Did no one condemn you?"
約8:11 他說、主阿、沒有。耶穌說、我也不定你的罪．去吧．從此不要再犯罪了。
She said, "No one, Lord." Jesus said, "Neither do I condemn you. Go your way. From now on, sin no more."