John 8:4

They say to Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, Rabbi, this isha (woman) has been caught in the act of committing ni'uf (adultery).

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

They say unto him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act.

In Context

3And the Sofrim and the Perushim led an isha (woman) having been caught in ni'uf (adultery) and, having stood her in the midst, + 8:3 Lv 20:10

5Now in our Torah Moshe Rabbeinu gave us a mitzvah to stone such nashim. You, therefore, what do you say? + 8:5 Lv 20:10; Dt 22:22-24; Job 31:11

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 22:22If an ish be found lying with an isha married to a husband then they shall both of them die, both the ish that lay with the isha, and the isha; so shalt thou put away the rah from Yisroel.

Matthew 1:19Her shidduch, Yosef, + 1:19 ben Dovid being a tzaddik and not wanting to humiliate her publicly, planned to deal with the get (divorce) in a private arrangement.

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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