John 8:3

And the scribes and Pharisees brought to him a woman who had been detected in adultery; and they made her stand in the midst,

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a woman taken in adultery; and when they had set her in the midst,

In Context

2And in the morning he again entered the temple, and all the people came to him, and he sat down and taught them.

4and said to him: Teacher, this woman was detected in adultery; in the very act.

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Cross References

John 9:13They brought to the Pharisees him that had formerly been blind.

Romans 7:3So then, if, while her husband lives, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress. But if her husband die, she is free from the law; so that she is not an adulteress, though she be married 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 →

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