John 8:4
they say to him: Teacher, this woman was caught openly in the act of adultery.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
They say unto him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act.
In Context
5And in the law of Moses, God hath commanded us to stone such persons. What therefore dost thou say?
Cross References
Matthew 1:19And Joseph her husband was a righteous man, and unwilling to expose her: and he thought of putting her away privately.
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 →