John 8:3

The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman taken in adultery. Having set her in the middle,

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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

2Now very early in the morning, he came again into the temple, and all the people came to him. He sat down and taught them.

4they told him, “Rabbi, we found this woman in adultery, in the very act.

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Cross References

Numbers 15:33Those who found him gathering sticks brought him to Moses and Aaron, and to all the congregation.

Ezekiel 23:45Righteous men will judge them with the judgement of adulteresses and with the judgement of women who shed blood, because they are adulteresses, and blood is in their hands.

John 9:13They brought him who had been blind to the Pharisees.

Romans 7:3So then if, while the husband lives, she is joined to another man, she would be called an adulteress. But if the husband dies, she is free from the law, so that she is no adulteress, though 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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