Why does the Bible mainly focus on women committing adultery? Numbers chapter 5 describes a purity ceremony that determines if the wife cheated, but there is no equivalent for men. It may be that the classification of adultery differs under a polygamous system.
Continue readingAre all adulterers supposed to die in the Bible? When looking at Leviticus 20:10 and Deut 22:22, some people assume this means that ALL adultery is punishable by death. The story in John 8:1-11, about the woman caught in adultery being judged by Jesus, is usually what comes into the modern mind. However, there are alternatives to death based on the conditions in which the adultery is discovered.
Continue readingMany have heard the story of Jesus and the woman caught in adultery. A woman who was caught committing adultery was about to be stoned to death, as the law of Moses says, and she was brought before Jesus, so the leaders could hear his opinion on her execution. At the end of the story, Jesus lets her go without being punished. Did he violate the Law, which requires that she be punished?
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