Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery, 1630 Matthias Stom 1600-1652 The Netherlands, Dutch, ( To test Jesus, the Pharisees conduct a woman caught in the act of adultery The punishment prescribed Mosaic Law is death by stoning, Christ replies, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her. )

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