John 8:4
They said to Jesus, “Teacher, this woman was caught in the act of adultery.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
They say unto him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act.
In Context
5Now in the Law Moses commanded us to stone such women. What do you say?”
Cross References
Deuteronomy 22:22If a man is found sleeping with someone else's wife, both the man and the woman must die. You must eliminate the evil from Israel.
Matthew 1:19Joseph, her fiancé, was a good man and didn't want to shame her publicly, so he decided to break the engagement discreetly.
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 →