John 8:3

Now the scribes and Pharisees brought forward a woman caught in adultery, and they stood her in front of them.

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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 early in the morning, he went again to the temple; and all the people came to him. And sitting down, he taught them.

4And they said to him: “Teacher, this woman was just now caught in adultery.

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Cross References

Numbers 15:33they brought him to Moses and Aaron, and to the whole multitude.

Ezekiel 23:45But there are just men; these shall judge them with the judgment of adulteresses and with the judgment of those who shed blood. For they are adulteresses, and blood is on their hands.

John 9:13They brought the one who had been blind to the Pharisees.

Romans 7:3Therefore, while her husband lives, if she has been with another man, she should be called an adulteress. But when her husband has died, she is freed from the law of her husband, such that, if she has been with another man, she is not an adulteress.

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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