I often wonder when the Sanhedrin brought the whore before Jesus for judgment if in fact it was done out of fear rather than anger.

I imagine the whore was exclusive to the Sanhedrin council. That she was for their use only. What probably transpired was after services were rendered the dude decided not to pay her so she threatened to reveal the dirty secret. Or more likely she was caught with a man, not of the council; either way, she was now a threat to the council that needed to be dealt with.

In the Sanhedrin’s “self-righteousness” or in other words: their cover-up, was to stone the girl.  Happens all the time in the world so why not even way back then. Wasn’t a good thing to be outted as an adulterer even worse for a man of the council. Heck back then, even the dude could be stoned for such a sin.

So to make things all neat and tidy and to try and kill two birds with one stone they decided to try and get the troublemaker involved, Most likely with a plan to stone him as well.

Jesus being God, saw their sin for what was and basically called them out. “Who among you has no sin?” he says. He probably could have just as well said, “Who here among you hasn’t had sex with this whore?” Now that I think about it maybe that is what he said – the apostle just cleaned it up some when he wrote it down.

Then he sat hunched over not looking at any of them and drew symbols in the sand as the men, one by one, dropped their stone and walked off. What was he drawing? And why is that included in the story, yet not explained further?

See how it changes the story focus from the whore to the Sanhedrin. It no longer is about judging but rather: pride, and selfishness. Remember, Jesus scolded the woman too saying, “Since they wouldn’t judge you neither will I. HOWEVER, GO AND SIN NO MORE!” In other words, clean up your act and quit being a whore. It’s what got you into this mess – learn from it and move on.