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  2. Jesus and the woman taken in adultery - Wikipedia

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    In September 2020, the Chinese textbook 《职业道德与法律》 (Professional Ethics and Law) was alleged to inaccurately recount the story with a changed narrative in which Jesus stones the woman, while stating "I too am a sinner. But if the law could only be executed by men without blemish, the law would be dead."

  3. Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery (Bruegel) - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  4. Stoning - Wikipedia

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    Stoning, or lapidation, is a method of capital punishment where a group throws stones at a person until the subject dies from blunt trauma. It has been attested as a form of punishment for grave misdeeds since ancient times. Stoning appears to have been the standard method of capital punishment in ancient Israel [citation needed]. Its use is ...

  5. Capital punishment in the Bible - Wikipedia

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    The most common method mentioned is by stoning, followed by burning, and then by sword (once). There is a verse that mentions hanging; however, it isn't clear whether this is a separate method of killing, or something done with the body after it was dead.

  6. Susanna and the Elders in art - Wikipedia

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    Susanna is among the earliest identifiable biblical women to appear in Christian art. She is one of a group of individuals from the Old Testament – along with Noah , Abraham and Isaac , Moses , Daniel and the Three Hebrew Children , and Jonah – invoked in the Christian commendatio animae (commendation of souls), a third-century prayer said ...

  7. Capital punishment in Judaism - Wikipedia

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    This expression applies to death by stoning. The Bible speaks also of hanging (Deut. 21:22), but (according to the rabbinical interpretation) not as a mode of execution, but rather of exposure after death. [60] [61] The following is a list by Maimonides of the crimes punished by each form of capital punishment: [62]

  8. The Woman Taken in Adultery (Rembrandt) - Wikipedia

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    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.

  9. List of capital crimes in the Torah - Wikipedia

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    Being participant in sexual activity, in which a betrothed woman loses her virginity to another man [17] Raping a betrothed woman in the countryside. [18] Adultery with a married woman. [19] Both parties are to die. Marrying one's wife's mother. [20] This was in addition to one's wife; death is by burning.