John 8:3

Then the scribes and Pharisees brought to Him a woman who had been caught in adultery, and having stood her in the midst,

English Majority Text (NT)

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 began to teach them.

4they said to Him, “Teacher, we found this woman committing adultery, in the very act.

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Cross References

John 9:13They brought him who was once blind to the Pharisees.

Romans 7:3So then, while the husband is living, she will be called an adulteress if she becomes married to a different husband; but if her husband should die, she is free from the law, so that she is not an adulteress, having become married to a different husband.

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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