John 8:5
Now in the Law Moses commanded us to stone such women. What do you say?”
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should be stoned: but what sayest thou?
In Context
4They said to Jesus, “Teacher, this woman was caught in the act of adultery.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 22:21she is to be taken to the door of her father's house, and there the men of her town are to stone her to death. She has done something disgraceful in Israel by acting immorally in her father's house. You must eliminate the evil from among you.
Ezekiel 23:47The mob will stone them and kill them with their swords, slaughtering their sons and daughters and burning down their houses.
Matthew 19:6Now they're no longer two, but one. What God has joined together no one should 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 →