John 8:3
And the scholars and the Pharisees bring to him a woman taken in adultery. And having stood her in the midst,
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
4tempting, they say to him, Teacher, we found this woman committing adultery, in the act.
Cross References
Numbers 15:33And those who found him gathering sticks brought him to Moses and Aaron, and to all the congregation.
Ezekiel 23:45And righteous men, they shall judge them with the judgment of adulteresses, and with the judgment of women who shed blood, because they are adulteresses, and blood is on their hands.
John 9:13They brought him to the Pharisees--the former blind man.
Romans 7:3So then, of the living husband, she will be called an adulteress if she becomes to another man, but if the husband should die, she is free from the law, for her not to be an adulteress having become to another man.
Matthew Henry on John 8:2-12
The Woman Taken in Adultery. 1 Jesus went unto the mount of Olives. 2 And early in the morning he came again into the temple, and all the people came unto him; and he sat down, and taught them. 3 And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a woman taken in adultery; and when they had set her in the midst, 4 They say unto him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act. 5 Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should be stoned: but what sayest thou? 6 This they said, tempting him, that they… Read the whole commentary →