John 8:4
and said to him, Master, this woman is now taken in adultery. (and said to him, Teacher, this woman was caught in adultery.)
Wycliffe Modern Spelling
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 Moses commanded us to stone such; therefore what sayest thou?
Cross References
Deuteronomy 22:22If a man sleepeth with the wife of another man, ever either shall die, that is, the adulterer, and the adulteress; and thus thou shalt do away evil from Israel.
Matthew 1:19And Joseph, her husband, for he was rightful [or when he was a just man], and would not publish her, he would privily have left her. (And her husband Joseph, for he was a good man, and would not make her public, he wanted to privately let her go.)
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 →