John 8:4

They told him, “ Rabbi ·Teacher·, we found this woman moicheuo ·committing adultery·, in the very act.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

3The Torah-Teachers and the Pharisees [Separated] brought a woman taken in moicheia ·adultery· and set her in the midst of Yeshua [Salvation].

5Now in our Torah ·Teaching·, Moses [Drawn out] enjoined us that such a woman be stoned to death. + 8:5. (4-5) Selectively Quoted from Lev 20:10; Deut 22:21 + 8:5 Context: Death is the punishment for adultery according to Torah ·Teaching·, but this quote is missing the fact that both the man and woman are to be punished for adultery (Lev 20:10). The woman only is to be stoned if she is recently married but found to be not a virgin (Deut 22:21). What then do you say about her?”

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 22:22If a man is found lying with a woman married to a husband, then they shall both die, the man who lay with the woman and the woman. So you shall remove the evil from Israel [God prevails].

Matthew 1:19Joseph [May he add], her husband, being a upright man, and not willing to make her a public example, intended to divorce her secretly.

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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