Jn 8 the woman caught in adultery
Jesus doesn’t debate her crime, or get into the nitty gritty of the situation – what we see here is that Jesus sets her free -not only free from the guilt and the shame – free from the fear of being stoned to death too – but also free to follow a new way of life
Jesus gives her that
What kind of eyes does Jesus have for those who would have condemed her?
Those two are eyes of love
He offers the scribes and Pharisees (and all the onlookers too) a reality check, that they too are not without sin and thus had no grounds to condemn another.
What is interesting is that sinlessness is what the scribes and Pharisees longed for. Their theology was that if all could live without sin for just one day the Messiah would come. Jesus’ words set them free from that illusion … in response they crept away, no doubt pondering His words and His teaching.
Later in the scriptures we read Jesus saying that that he/she who has been forgiven much, loves much. The woman in the story was saved from immanent death. Her sins were forgiven. She was given new life by Jesus. That’s His gift to us too. Freeing love.