Most Christians, and many non-Christians, are familiar with this story from the Gospel of John (7:53-8:11). A group of “scribes and Pharisees” bring a woman before Jesus while he is in Jerusalem. They disclose that they have caught her in the act of adultery. In addition, they cite the Torah rule (Lev 20:10) that says …

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