John 8:5

In the Law Moses commanded us to stone such a woman. So what do You say?”

Berean Standard Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

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

6They said this to test Him, in order to have a basis for accusing Him. But Jesus bent down and began to write on the ground with His finger.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 22:21she shall be brought to the door of her father’s house, and there the men of her city will stone her to death. For she has committed an outrage in Israel by being promiscuous in her father’s house. So you must purge the evil from among you.

Ezekiel 23:47The mob will stone them and cut them down with their swords. They will kill their sons and daughters and burn down their houses.

Matthew 19:6So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not 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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