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All Journal Luxnos : Jurnal Sekolah Tinggi Teologi Pelita Dunia BONAFIDE: Jurnal Teologi dan Pendidikan Kristen
Rully Simorangkir
Sekolah Tinggi Teologi Periago, Indonesia
Religion Humanities Decision Sciences, Operations Research & Management Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Social Sciences

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PERKARA, PUTUSAN, DAN PEMULIHAN Rully Simorangkir; Yohanes Parapat; Stenly Reinal Paparang
BONAFIDE: Jurnal Teologi dan Pendidikan Kristen Vol 7 No 1 (2026): Vol 7 No 1(2026)
Publisher : SEKOLAH TINGGI TEOLOGI INJILI SETIA SIAU

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.46558/bonafide.v7i1.472

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This article maintains that John 8:3–11 can be read not only as a story of mercy, but also as an adjudicative account in which Jesus takes a judicial role. Although many interpretations rightly give attention to Jesus' compassion and to his offer of life for the woman brought before him, this study argues that the offer comes through judgment rather than apart from it. The article, using qualitative library research and a narrative-juridical approach, examines the pericope as a case set before an authoritative figure and followed through accusation, norm, response, and final disposition. Jesus, in this reading, receives the case, examines it by exposing the accusers' moral and procedural failure, delivers a verdict that redirects the whole matter, and resolves it through a final statement that gives status and makes moral transformation possible. John 8:3–11, therefore, is better seen not as the lack of judgment, but as restorative judgment in which mercy becomes the manner of a just decision.
Terang Dunia di Ruang Peradilan: Rekonstruksi Etika Teologis-Hukum dalam Pembelaan Tersangka Korupsi Berdasarkan Matius 5:14–15 Rully Simorangkir
JURNAL LUXNOS Vol. 12 No. 1 (2026): LUXNOS: JURNAL SEKOLAH TINGGI TEOLOGI PELITA DUNIA EDISI JUNI 2026
Publisher : STT Pelita Dunia

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.47304/yza5ex56

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This article examines the ethical dilemma faced by Christian lawyers who defend corruption suspects by using Matthew 5:14–15 as the main theological foundation. The central issue is not whether corruption suspects may be defended, since legal assistance and the presumption of innocence belong to the rule of law. The more decisive question is how such defense should be conducted without becoming a justification for corruption, a manipulation of facts, or an obstruction of justice. Using a normative-interdisciplinary method, this article combines historical-grammatical and constructive exegesis of Matthew 5:14–15 with normative legal analysis. It argues that the metaphors of “the light of the world,” “a city on a hill,” and “a lamp on a stand” provide a public-identity framework for Christian discipleship that is relevant to legal practice. The novelty of this article lies in the model of “light of the world in the courtroom,” a theological-legal ethical framework that positions Christian lawyers as defenders of legal rights and public witnesses to truth and justice.
Co-Authors Stenly Reinal Paparang Yohanes Parapat