John 8:3

And the scribes and pharisees brought to Him a woman taken in adultery;

1770 John Worsley NT

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 returned early in the morning into the temple, and all the people came to Him: and He sat down, and taught them.

4and setting her in the midst, they said to Him, "This woman was caught in the very act, committing adultery.

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Cross References

John 9:13So they brought him, that had formerly been blind, to the pharisees.

Romans 7:3Therefore while her husband is living, she shall be called an adulteress if she become another man's: but if her husband be dead, she is free from the law; so that she is not an adulteress, though she become another man's.

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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