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Originally Posted by Aquila
We know that the Pharisees and Sadducees might have certainly been prepared to stone the woman. However, other Jewish sects may not have (Essenes, etc.).
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About those Essenes:
"The Essenes had strict discipline. Those caught in grave faults would be expelled from the camp, often dying of starvation. The community took many of them back at their last gasp, believing that they had suffered for the expiation of their sins. But their judgments were exact and impartial; their decisions irrevocable.37 Some of their laws were very detailed. For example, one could not spit in the middle of the company on the Sabbath day. Another more superstitious law related to this is that no one could spit to the right.38 With the Essenes the Sabbath day was more rigorously kept than with any other group--one could not even go to stool."
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https://bible.org/seriespage/4-essenes
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