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=== '''Conclusion: The Cross in the Dust''' === | === '''Conclusion: The Cross in the Dust''' === | ||
* The woman (Israel, and by extension, all mankind) was guilty, but '''Jesus took her place'''. | * The woman (Israel, and by extension, all mankind) was guilty, but '''Jesus took her place (in the dust)'''. | ||
* The Law, like the Pharisees, could '''condemn but not redeem'''. | * The Law, like the Pharisees, could '''condemn but not redeem'''. | ||
* Jesus, the only One without sin, '''could have cast the first stone'''—instead, He knelt in the dust to '''bear her judgment on the cross'''. | * Jesus, the only One without sin, '''could have cast the first stone'''—instead, He knelt in the dust to '''bear her judgment on the cross'''. | ||
