John 8:5

And in the law, Moses commanded us to stone such a one. Therefore, what do you say?”

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In The King James Version

Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should be stoned: but what sayest thou?

In Context

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

6But they were saying this to test him, so that they might be able to accuse him. Then Jesus bent down and wrote with his finger on the earth.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 22:21then they shall throw her down, outside the doors of her father’s house, and the men of that city shall stone her to death, and she shall die. For she has acted wickedly in Israel, in that she fornicated in her father’s house. And so shall you take away the evil from your midst.

Ezekiel 23:47And may they be stoned with the stones of the peoples, and may they be pierced with their own swords. They will put to death their sons and daughters, and they will burn their houses with fire.

Matthew 19:6And so, now they are not two, but one flesh. Therefore, what God has joined together, let no man separate.”

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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