John 8:5
Moses commanded us in the laws that he gave us that we should throw stones at such women and kill them. So what do you say we should do?”
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should be stoned: but what sayest thou?
In Context
Cross References
Deuteronomy 22:21they must take that young woman to the door of her father’s house. Then the men of that city must execute her by throwing stones at her. They must do that because she has done something in Israel that is very disgraceful, by having sex with some man while she was still living in her father’s house. By executing her like that, you will get rid of this evil practice among you.
Ezekiel 23:47The mob will throw stones at them to kill them; they will cut them into pieces with their swords, they will kill their sons and daughters, and burn down their houses.
Matthew 19:6Consequently, although they functioned as two separate people before, they now become as if they were one person [MET]. Since that is true, a man must not separate from his wife whom God has joined to him, because it is God’s plan for them to remain together.”
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 →