Who is the woman Jesus deals with in John 8?
In John 8, Jesus deals with a woman identified only as a woman taken in adultery. The scribes and Pharisees brought her to Him in the temple, saying she was caught in the very act. They cited Moses' law that such a one should be stoned and asked His judgment, tempting Him.
Les explains that John chapter 8 presents the Lord Jesus Himself dealing with a woman who was a known adulterer. After Jesus came to the temple early in the morning and taught, the scribes and Pharisees brought the woman taken in adultery and set her in the midst. They said she was taken in adultery, in the very act—not hearsay or rumor, but proof positive. They reminded Him that Moses' law commanded such a person to be stoned, and they asked what He said, tempting Him so they might accuse Him. Les notes Jesus stooped down and wrote on the ground as though He did not hear them, oblivious to their screams for her death. When they kept prodding Him, He lifted Himself and said, “He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.”
And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a woman taken in adultery; and when they had set her in the midst,