John 8:3

Then the scribes and the Pharisees brought him a woman who had been caught in adultery. Making her stand before them all,

Text-Critical English NT

In The King James Version

And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a woman taken in adultery; and when they had set her in the midst,

In Context

2Early in the morning he again went to the temple courts. All the people came, and he sat down and taught them.

4they said to Jesus, testing him, “Teacher, this woman was caught in the very act of committing adultery.

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Cross References

John 9:13So they brought the man who was once blind to the Pharisees.

Romans 7:3So then, she will be called an adulteress if she is joined to another man while her husband is alive. But if her husband dies, she is free from that law and is not committing adultery if she is joined to another man.

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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