“If a man commits adultery with the wife of his neighbor, both the adulterer and the adulteress shall be put to death.
John 8:4 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 they said to him, “Teacher, this woman was caught in the very act of committing adultery. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 they say unto him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Teacher, they said, This woman has been caught in the very act of adultery. American Standard Version (1901) they say unto him, Teacher, this woman hath been taken in adultery, in the very act. Common English Bible they said to Jesus, “Teacher, this woman was caught in the act of committing adultery. Catholic Public Domain Version And they said to him: "Teacher, this woman was just now caught in adultery. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And said to him: Master, this woman was even now taken in adultery. |
“If a man commits adultery with the wife of his neighbor, both the adulterer and the adulteress shall be put to death.
Her husband Joseph, being a righteous man and unwilling to expose her to public disgrace, planned to divorce her quietly.
The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery, and, making her stand before all of them,
Now in the law Moses commanded us to stone such women. Now what do you say?”
“If a man is discovered lying with the wife of another man, both of them shall die, the man who lay with the woman as well as the woman. So you shall purge the evil from Israel.
Then her husband set out after her, to speak tenderly to her and bring her back. He had with him his servant and a couple of donkeys. When he reached her father’s house, the young woman’s father saw him and came with joy to meet him.