A Language Mystery

Now very early in the morning,
The Lord came again into the temple,
and all the people came to Him.
He sat down, and taught them.
The scribes and the Pharisees
brought a woman taken in adultery.
Having set her in the midst,
they told Him,
“Teacher, we found this woman in adultery,
in the very act.
Now in our law,
Moses commanded us to stone such.
What then do You say about her?”
They said this testing Him,
that they might have something to accuse Him of.
But The Lord stooped down,
and wrote on the ground with His finger.
(John 8:6)
[First part of the only recorded instance of The Lord writing.] 
But when they continued asking Him,
He looked up and said to them,
“He who is without sin among you,
let him throw the first stone at her.”
Again He stooped down,
and with His finger wrote on the ground.
(John 8:8)
[Second part of the only recorded instance of The Lord writing.] 
They, when they heard it,
being convicted by their conscience,
went out one by one,
beginning from the oldest,
even to the last.
The Lord was left alone with the woman
where she was, in the middle.
The Lord, standing up, saw her and said,
“Woman, where are your accusers?
Did no one condemn you?”
She said, “No one, Lord.”
The Lord said,
“Neither do I condemn you.
Go your way. From now on, sin no more.”


I love reading the Bible because I love the language of the Bible.
I also love reading about the great heroes from the stories of the Bible.
Here, the greatest hero wrote. He wrote. 
What He wrote I know not.
He used His finger and the ground to write.

Did He write a Question?
"Where is the man or is he above your law?"
Did He continue writing an Answer?
"The same law forgot the man and thus forgave him."
What He wrote we know not.

St. John knew and wrote not.
Interestingly, some writings do not include the entire narrative mentioned above.
So what on earth did He write?
The Lord wrote that which cannot be described in words...
Inexpressible, ineffable words!