John 8:4
they told him, "Teacher, we found this woman in adultery, in the very act.
New Heart English Bible
In The King James Version
They say unto him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act.
In Context
3The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman taken in adultery. Having set her in the midst,
5Now in the Law, Moses commanded us to stone such. What then do you say about her?"
Cross References
Deuteronomy 22:22If a man be found lying with a woman married to a husband, then they shall both of them die, the man who lay with the woman, and the woman: so you shall put away the evil from Israel.
Matthew 1:19And Joseph, her husband, being a righteous man, and not willing to make her a public example, intended to put her away secretly.
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 →