John 8:3
And the scribes and the Pharisees bring unto him a woman taken in adultery: and they set her in the midst,
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
4And said to him: Master, this woman was even now taken in adultery.
Cross References
Numbers 15:33That they brought him to Moses and Aaron and the whole multitude.
Ezekiel 23:45They therefore are k just men: these shall judge them as adulteresses are judged, and as shedders of blood are judged: because they are adulteresses, and blood is in their hands.
John 9:13They bring him that had been blind to the Pharisees.
Romans 7:3Therefore, whilst her husband liveth, she shall be called an adulteress, if she be with another man: but if her husband be dead, she is delivered from the law of her husband; so that she is not an adulteress, if she be with 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 →