“If a man has sexual relations with his neighbor’s wife, then both the man and the woman are guilty of adultery. So both the man and the woman must be put to death!
John 8:4 - Easy To Read Version They said to Jesus, “Teacher, this woman was caught having sex with a man that is not her husband. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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 has sexual relations with his neighbor’s wife, then both the man and the woman are guilty of adultery. So both the man and the woman must be put to death!
Mary’s husband, Joseph, was a good man. He did not want to bring shame to Mary before the people. So he planned to divorce her secretly.
The teachers of the law and the Pharisees {\cf2\super [129]} brought a woman there. The woman had been caught doing the sin of adultery. {\cf2\super [130]} These Jews forced the woman to stand before the people.
The law of Moses commands that we kill with rocks every woman that does this. What do you say we should do?”
“If a man is found having sexual relations with another man’s wife, then both of them must die—the woman and the man that had sexual relations with her. You must remove that evil from Israel.
Then her husband went after her. He wanted to speak kindly to her so that she would come back to him. He took with him his servant and two donkeys. The Levite man came to her father’s house. Her father saw the Levite man and came out to greet him. The father was very happy.