John 8:3

The Passion Translation

Then in the middle of his teaching, the religious scholars and the Pharisees broke through the crowd and brought a woman who had been caught in the act of committing adultery and made her stand in the middle of everyone.

Cross References

Ezekiel 16:38

“ ‘I will judge you with the same death sentence of an adulterer or murderer and bring upon you the fury of my burning rage.

Ezekiel 23:45

But there are righteous men who will declare them guilty of adultery and murder. For they are, indeed, adulteresses and their hands are stained with blood.”

Matthew 2:4

So he called a meeting of the Jewish ruling priests and religious scholars, demanding that they tell him where the promised Messiah was prophesied to be born.

John 8:2

Then at dawn Jesus appeared in the temple courts again, and soon all the people gathered around to listen to his words, so he sat down and taught them.

John 8:4

Then they said to Jesus, “Teacher, we caught this woman in the very act of adultery.

John 8:9

Upon hearing that, her accusers slowly left the crowd one at a time, beginning with the oldest to the youngest, with a convicted conscience.

John 9:13

So the people marched him over to the Pharisees to speak with them.

Acts 4:7

They made Peter and John stand in front of the council as they questioned them, saying, “Tell us, by what power and authority have you done these things?”

Romans 7:3

So then if a wife is joined to another man while still married, she commits adultery. But if her husband dies, she is obviously free from the marriage contract and may marry another man without being charged with adultery.