John 8:3

And the scribes and the Pharisees bring to him a woman taken in adultery; and having placed her in the midst,

The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)

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 having sat down, he was teaching them.

4they say to him: Teacher, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act:

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Cross References

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

Romans 7:3So then if, while the husband lives, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress; but if the husband die, she is free from the law, so that she is not an adulteress, though she be married 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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