Written In The Dust | #1518
Lent, 5th Sunday (C) The Pharisees have set a trap for Jesus. They can accuse him either of breaking Roman law or of breaking Mosaic law. Jesus cleverly escapes their trap by stating, "Let the one among you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her."
But first, he starts writing in the dust with his finger. What was he writing? Scholars have been fascinated by this question. I have heard three different theories of what Jesus is writing. The first is that he was writing the sins committed by the scribes and Pharisees.
The second theory is that Jesus is writing the text of the…
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