It is interesting to note that every single one of the examples you next cite in this comment actually supports my position … As a prime example, Jesus tells the adulteress in this passage to “sin no more” after he denounces the Law in order to prevent her death by stoning (and after writing on the ground – showing the elders nearby that he knew the Law better then they, as the traditional act of writing was not permitted on the Sabbath according to the binding oral tradition of that time) …

 

Indeed, it is extremely important to remember here that Jesus had already radically expanded the Old Testament laws related to adultery to include mere fantasizing about others (see Matthew 5:27-28) – essentially making everyone on Earth liable to suffer the punishment of Leviticus 20:10-12, which is death (a fact which thereby gives a new& far deeper meaning to his statement in John 8:7, when he boldly proclaims, “Let he without sin cast the first stone”).

 

As such, he did not “shame” the woman at the well at all, my dear Friend … To the contrary, he actually kindly & respectfully forgave her – refusing to enforce the Old Testament law that would have normally had her “properly” stoned for her transgression!

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