John 8:5
and in the Law, Moses commanded us that such be stoned; You, therefore, what do You say?”
Literal Standard 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 say to Him, “Teacher, this woman was taken in the very crime [of] committing adultery,
Cross References
Deuteronomy 22:21then they have brought out the girl to the opening of her father’s house, and the men of her city have stoned her with stones and she has died, for she has done folly in Israel, to go whoring [in] her father’s house; and you have put away evil out of your midst.
Ezekiel 23:47And they have cast the stone of the assembly at them, || And cut them with their swords, || They slay their sons and their daughters, || And they burn their houses with fire.
Matthew 19:6So that they are no longer two, but one flesh; what therefore God joined together, let no man 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 →