Woman taken in adultery

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Woman taken in adultery is a famous New Testament story in the Gospel of John in which Jesus confronts a crowd ready to stone an accused adulterous woman, highlighting mercy and the challenge, “Let him who is without sin cast the first stone.”

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Woman caught in adultery 1
Woman taken in adultery canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Jesus narrative ⓘ
New Testament narrative ⓘ
biblical story ⓘ
pericope ⓘ
actionByAccusers attempt to trap Jesus ⓘ
bring woman before Jesus ⓘ
cite law of Moses ⓘ
actionByJesus challenges the accusers ⓘ
writes on the ground ⓘ
alternateName Pericope adulterae ⓘ
Story of the adulterous woman ⓘ
appearsIn Gospel of John ⓘ
appearsInChapter John 8 ⓘ
appearsInVerses John 7:53–8:11 ⓘ
depictedIn Christian art ⓘ
Christian preaching and homilies ⓘ
famousLine He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her ⓘ
Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more ⓘ
genre didactic narrative ⓘ
hasCentralFigure Jesus ⓘ
linked to: Jesus Christ

adulterous woman ⓘ
hasOtherFigure Pharisees ⓘ
accusers ⓘ
crowd ⓘ
scribes ⓘ
influenced Christian teachings on forgiveness ⓘ
Christian views on judgment and sin ⓘ
legalContext adultery under Mosaic Law ⓘ
moralEmphasis divine mercy over strict legalism ⓘ
self-examination before judging others ⓘ
punishmentProposed stoning ⓘ
religiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
result Jesus exhorts woman to sin no more ⓘ
accusers leave one by one ⓘ
woman is not stoned ⓘ
settingLocation Jerusalem ⓘ
temple courts ⓘ
textualStatus absent from earliest Greek manuscripts of John ⓘ
often marked as later addition in modern Bibles ⓘ
textually disputed passage ⓘ
theme authority of Jesus ⓘ
compassion of Jesus ⓘ
forgiveness ⓘ
hypocrisy ⓘ
judgment ⓘ
law of Moses ⓘ
linked to: Mosaic Law

mercy ⓘ
sin ⓘ
testing Jesus ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pericope adulterae → hasAlternativeName → Woman taken in adultery ⓘ
Pericope adulterae → hasAlternativeName → Woman caught in adultery ⓘ
linked to: Woman taken in adultery