【读圣经学英语】用石头打死

约翰八章的事例，就是九件中的第七件，完全说到罪的问题。在整本圣经中，没有一章像约翰八章这样广泛、透彻的说到罪的问题。所有罪的问题，在这一章都有解答。

他们抓到一个有罪的妇人，把她带到主耶稣面前。按照律法，这漾有罪的妇人必须明石头打死，但那些宗教徒并未如此行。他们将她带到主面前，想要陷害主。他们说，『夫子，这妇人是正在行淫时被拿的。摩西在律法上吩咐我们，把这样的妇人用石头打死，这样，你怎么说？』那些宗教徒相当大胆，他们问主一个很狡猾的问题。祂若答说，他们必须用石头将她打死，那么祂将失去作救主和救赎主的地位。救主岂能说，这样的罪人必须用石头打死？主是救赎主和救主，祂当然不能这样说。但另一面，祂若说他们不该用石头将她打死，那么他们就要说，祂干犯了律法。这问题是仇敌狡诈的诡计。那些宗教徒自以为很有智慧，其实他们很愚蠢。他们以为主耶稣难以回答，他们就有绝佳的机会捉住祂。

Enlightenment:

The case in John 8, the seventh case among the nine, fully covers the matter of sin. No chapter in the entire Bible covers the problem of sin as widely and thoroughly as does the eighth chapter of John. In this chapter we have the answer to all the problems of sin. 

They caught a sinful woman and brought her to the Lord Jesus. According to the law, such a sinful woman had to be stoned to death, but the religionists did not do it. They brought her to the Lord in an attempt to trap Him. They said, “Teacher, this woman has been caught committing adultery. Moses commanded us to stone such a person. What do You say?” The religionists were quite bold. They asked the Lord a very tricky question. If He had said that they had to stone her to death, then He would have lost His position as the Savior and Redeemer. Could a Savior say that such a sinner must be stoned to death? Of course, the Lord, as the Redeemer and Savior, could not say this. But, on the other hand, if He said that they should not stone her to death, then they would have said that He was breaking the law. This question was a subtle trick of the enemy. The religionists thought that they were very wise. Actually they were stupid. They thought that the Lord Jesus would find it difficult to answer and that they had an excellent opportunity to catch Him.