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Christ and the woman taken in adultery, drawing by Rembrandt. Jesus and the woman taken in adultery (or the Pericope Adulterae) [ a ] is a likely pseudepigraphical [ 1 ] passage (pericope) 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.
We believe that the only legitimate marriage is the joining of one man and one woman (Gen. 2:24; Rom. 7:2; 1 Cor. 7:10; Eph. 5:22, 23). We deplore the evils of divorce and remarriage. We regard adultery as the only scripturally justifiable grounds for divorce; and the party guilty of adultery has by his or her act forfeited membership in the ...
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.
Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery (He That Is Without Sin?) (Russian: «Христо́с и гре́шница» («Кто без греха́?»)) is a large-format painting by the Russian artist Vasily Polenov (1844–1927), dated 1888. The painting is in the State Russian Museum in Saint Petersburg (Inventory Zh-4204).
In Catholic theology. v. t. e. " Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image " (Hebrew: לֹא-תַעֲשֶׂה לְךָ פֶסֶל, וְכָל-תְּמוּנָה, romanized:Lōʾ-t̲aʿăśeh lək̲ā p̲esel, wək̲ol-təmûnāh) is an abbreviated form of one of the Ten Commandments which, according to the Book of Deuteronomy, were spoken ...
The Bible does not say whether she had encountered Jesus in person prior to this. Neither does the Bible disclose the nature of her sin. Women of the time had few options to support themselves financially; thus, her sin may have been prostitution. Had she been an adulteress, she would have been stoned.
Adultery "refers to marital infidelity. When two partners, of whom at least one is married to another party, have sexual relations – even transient ones – they commit adultery. Christ condemns even adultery of mere desire. The sixth commandment and the New Testament forbid adultery absolutely. The prophets denounce the gravity of adultery ...
Gomer (Hebrew: גומר, romanized:Gōmer) was the wife of the prophet Hosea (8th century BC), mentioned in the Hebrew Bible 's Book of Hosea (1:3). English translations of Hosea 1:2 refer to her alternatively as a " promiscuous woman " (NIV), a " harlot " (NASB), and a " whore " (KJV) but Hosea is told to marry her according to Divine ...