John 8:4
they say to Him, “Teacher, this woman was taken in the very crime [of] committing adultery,
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
They say unto him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act.
In Context
5and in the Law, Moses commanded us that such be stoned; You, therefore, what do You say?”
Cross References
Deuteronomy 22:22When a man is found lying with a woman married to a husband, then both of them have died—the man who is lying with the woman, and the woman; and you have put away evil out of Israel.
Matthew 1:19and her husband Joseph being righteous, and not willing to make her an example, resolved to send her away privately.
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 →