Why did Jesus write on the ground?

"But Jesus stooped down and wrote on the ground with His finger, as though He did not hear."                                    John 8:6. NKJV

What did Jesus write on the ground? This question has been debated in bible studies, sermons and bible colleges for years. But do we really know the answer to the reason why? Some have said that because of Jesus' humanity, He was struggling with the answer. Jesus was never stuck for an answer, so that is wrong. Others have said He was ignoring them but, that doesn't seem feasible. They were there with the woman so, why would He ignore them? Allow me to quote from The Moody Bible Commentary:

'What Jesus wrote is not identified. More important is that Jesus stooped down and wrote with His finger (v6) and that He wrote twice (8). God came down at Mt. Sinai (Ex 19:11, 20) and wrote the Ten Commandments twice with His finger (Ex 31:18, 34:1, Dt 9:10). Jesus, by writing twice with His finger, was revealing symbolically that He was here fulfilling the same role God the Father fulfilled for Israel as the giver of the law (Jn 1:1, 5:18, 8:58, 20:28). Then they began to leave (v9) beginning with older ones, the one's whose conscience weighed on them longer.'  (The Faculty of Moody Bible Institute)

Finally we have an authoritative answer to this question. Jesus was fulfilling what His Father had done all those years before. Note the phrase: 'wrote with His finger.' Now check out Exodus 31:18: 'And when He had made an end of speaking with him on Mount Sinai, He gave Moses two tablets of the testimony, tablets of stone, written with the finger of God.' 

Jesus was not stuck for an answer, not at all; He was demonstrating that He and the Father are one - what the Father does, so does He. He was not hesitating for wisdom to speak the answer to them. The Jewish law said that the accusers cast the first stone in such a situation (Deut 17:7), and let us not forget, that both adulterers be stoned as well. They knew they were manipulating scripture and this convicted them so much, that they all left the scene.

We serve a loyal and just God and he will not allow us to be falsely accused. He will intervene, but in His own way and time scale. In this example, He had to be quick as the woman was about to be killed. But where time is of no great importance, He will bring His own solution to your problems. But don't worry, He will sort it for you.

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