John 8:3

And the Scribes and Pharisees brought forward a woman that was caught in adultery. And when they had placed her in the midst,

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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

2And in the morning he came again to the temple; and all the people came to him, and he sat down and taught them.

4they say to him: Teacher, this woman was caught openly in the act of adultery.

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Cross References

John 9:13And they brought him that had been blind, before the Pharisees.

Romans 7:3And if, while her husband is alive, she should adhere to another man, she would become an adulteress: but if her husband should die, she is freed from the law; and would not be an adulteress though 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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