John 8:4
And they said to him: “Teacher, this woman was just now caught in adultery.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
They say unto him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act.
In Context
5And in the law, Moses commanded us to stone such a one. Therefore, what do you say?”
Cross References
Deuteronomy 22:22If a man sleeps with the wife of another, then they shall both die, that is, the adulterer and the adulteress. And so shall you take away the evil from Israel.
Matthew 1:19Then Joseph, her husband, since he was just and was not willing to hand her over, preferred to send her away secretly.
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 →