Jesus was simply exposing the hypocrisy of the Pharisees. The Pharisees wanted to trick Jesus into breaking the Old Testament law; they did not truly care about the woman being stoned (where was the man who was caught in adultery?) God is the One who instituted capital punishment: “Whoever sheds man's blood, by man his blood shall be shed, for in the image of God He made man” (Genesis 9:6).
Hii isitumike kuonyesha kuwa Yesu alikataa hukumu ya kifo katika matukio yote. Yesu hasa alikuwa akifunua utabeli wa Wafarisayo. Wafarisayo walitaka kumnasa Yesu kwa kuvunja sheria ya Agano La Kale; kwa kweli hawakutaka kujali kama mwanamke atapigwa mawe (palikuwa wapi yule mume aliyepatwa akifanya uzinzi naye?) Mungu ndiye aliyeanzisha adhabu ya kifo: “Atakayemwaga damu ya mwanadamu, damu yake huyo itamwagwa na mwanadamu, maana kwa mfano wake Mungu alimfanya mwanadamu” (Mwanzo 9:6).