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Jesus and the woman taken in adultery (or the Pericope Adulterae) [a] is considered by some to be a pseudepigraphical [1] passage found in John 7:53–8:11 [2] of the New Testament. In the passage, Jesus was teaching in the Temple after coming from the Mount of Olives .
Jesus and the woman taken in adultery is a biblical episode from John 8:1–8:20 where Jesus encounters an adulteress brought before Pharisees and scribes, which has been depicted by many artists. Such a crime was punishable by death by stoning ; however, in the scene, Jesus stoops to write (in Dutch) he that is without sin among you, let him ...
The Woman Taken in Adultery is a painting of 1644 by Rembrandt, bought by the National Gallery in London in 1824, as one of their foundation batch of paintings. It is in oil on oak, and 83.8 x 65.4 cm. [1] Rembrandt shows the episode of Jesus and the woman taken in adultery from the Gospel of Saint John.
Measuring 325 × 611 cm, [1] it depicts the story of Christ and the woman taken in adultery, described in the Gospel of John. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The painting was conceived by the artist in the late 1860s, with the first sketches appearing in the early 1870s.
It is a free interpretation of the episode of the Gospel of John, when Jesus saved a woman taken in adultery from those who wanted to stone her. Jesus appears at the center of the composition, having the adulteress, wearing a red veil with eyes closed and breasts visible, with her hands folded, begging for mercy, at his feet.
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In a passage that may be a later interpolation, [46] John 8:3–11 mentions a woman caught in adultery being brought to Jesus for judgment. [47] Jesus does not condemn her, but says "Go and from now on do not sin any more." (John 8:11)