I was reading the Gospel according to St. John (Chapter 8) where the scribes and Pharisees (who were scripturally knowledgeable people) brought a woman accused of adultery to Jesus, while he was teaching in the temple.
My first response was, “Well, what about the man? She wasn’t “adulterering” alone, was she?” Typical to the time and place, the woman would be the one to pay the price of sexual sins. But my Man Jesus was having None. Of. That. He knew this interruption wasn’t about adultery. Rather the men who were considered to be the most Holy and Righteous brought the woman to Jesus in an attempt to “catch Him out there.” While Jesus was teaching. In the temple.
Who does that?
Imagine being in a science lecture while a well-respected teacher is breaking down the difference between cholesterol and triglycerides, when a student rushes to the front of the class exclaiming, “Johnny is gay!” while pulling Johnny by the arm.
Collective annoyance would resound.
