If you think that factions in the church today are bad, think again of what happened to Jesus because of the factions: they crucified him. The factions do not give up very easily. The trick was: if Jesus applied the law, he would get in trouble with the Roman Empire, so Jesus again has a genius solution. A careful analysis of this story brings about the misunderstanding of the law by the Pharisees. Firstly, they were supposed to bring the woman to the Sanhedrin, not to Jesus. Secondly, to commit adultery it takes two, where is the man?