John 8:3

And the scribes and the Pharisees bring a woman taken in adultery; and having set her in the midst,

Revised Version 1895

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 early in the morning he came again into the temple, and all the people came unto him; and he sat down, and taught them.

4they say unto him, Master, this woman hath been taken in adultery, in the very act.

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Cross References

Numbers 15:33And they that found him gathering sticks brought him unto Moses and Aaron, and unto all the congregation.

Ezekiel 23:45And righteous men, they shall judge them with the judgment of adulteresses, and with the judgment of women that shed blood; because they are adulteresses, and blood is in their hands.

John 9:13They bring to the Pharisees him that aforetime was blind.

Romans 7:3So then if, while the husband liveth, she be joined to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if the husband die, she is free from the law, so that she is no adulteress, though she be 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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