In China's text book “When the crowd disappeared, Jesus stoned the sinner to death saying, ‘I, too, am a sinner. But if the law could only be executed by men without blemish, the law would be dead.’”
Chinese textbook has Jesus throwing the first stone
Book teaching ethics uses a story from the Gospels — but changes the ending
UCA News
The cover of the textbook, an image uploaded on social media in China
A CHINESE textbook teaching ethics has used a story from the Gospels — but changed the ending.
The Roman Catholic news agency UCA News reports that the government-run University of Electronic Science and Technology Press has produced a textbook for secondary vocational schools on the subject of “professional ethics and law”.
The book uses the story of the woman caught in adultery who is presented to Christ by the crowd, from chapter 8 of St John’s Gospel. “The crowd wanted to stone the woman to death as per their law. But Jesus said, ‘Let the one who has never sinned throw the first stone.’ Hearing this, they slipped away one by one.”
In St John’s Gospel, the story concludes: “When Jesus had lifted up himself, and saw none but the woman, he said unto her, ‘Woman, where are those thine accusers? Hath no man condemned thee?’ She …