John 8:3

And the scribes and the Pharisees bring [to him] a woman taken in adultery, and having set her in the midst,

Darby Translation

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 came again into the temple, and all the people came to him; and he sat down and taught them.

4they say to him, Teacher, this woman has been taken in the very act, committing adultery.

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Cross References

Numbers 15:33And they that found him gathering sticks brought him to Moses and Aaron, and to the whole assembly.

Ezekiel 23:45And righteous men, they shall judge them with the judgment of adulteresses, and with the judgment of women that shed blood; for they are adulteresses, and blood is in their hands.

John 9:13They bring him who was before blind to the Pharisees.

Romans 7:3so then, the husband being alive, she shall be called an adulteress if she be to another man; but if the husband should die, she is free from the law, so as not to be an adulteress, though she be 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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