John 8:5

Now Moses, in the Law, commanded us to stone such women to death; what do you say?”

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Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should be stoned: but what sayest thou?

In Context

4and said to Jesus, “Teacher, this woman was found in the act of adultery.

6They said this to test him, in order to have a charge to bring against him. But Jesus stooped down, and wrote on the ground with his finger.

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Cross References

Matthew 19:6So that they are no longer two, but one. What God himself, then, has yoked together people must not 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 →

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