John 8:4

New American Bible - revised edition

They said to him, “Teacher, this woman was caught in the very act of committing adultery.

Cross References

Leviticus 20:10

If a man commits adultery with his neighbor’s wife, both the adulterer and the adulteress shall be put to death.

Matthew 1:19

Joseph her husband, since he was a righteous man, yet unwilling to expose her to shame, decided to divorce her quietly.

John 8:3

Then the scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery and made her stand in the middle.

John 8:5

Now in the law, Moses commanded us to stone such women. So what do you say?”

Deuteronomy 22:22

If a man is discovered lying with a woman who is married to another, they both shall die, the man who was lying with the woman as well as the woman. Thus shall you purge the evil from Israel.

Judges 19:3

Her husband then set out with his servant and a pair of donkeys, and went after her to soothe her and bring her back. He arrived at her father’s house, and when the young woman’s father saw him, he came out joyfully to meet him.