John 8:3

The scribes and Pharisees, however, brought to Him a woman caught in adultery. They made her stand before them

Berean Standard Bible

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

2Early in the morning He went back into the temple courts. All the people came to Him, and He sat down to teach them.

4and said, “Teacher, this woman was caught in the act of adultery.

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Cross References

Numbers 15:33Those who found the man gathering wood brought him to Moses, Aaron, and the whole congregation,

Ezekiel 23:45But righteous men will sentence them to the punishment of those who commit adultery and bloodshed, because they are adulteresses with blood on their hands.

John 9:13They brought to the Pharisees the man who had been blind.

Romans 7:3So then, if she is joined to another man while her husband is still alive, she is called an adulteress; but if her husband dies, she is free from that law and is not an adulteress, even if she marries 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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