So he assembled all the chief priests and scribes of the people, and inquired of them where the Christ was to be born.
John 8:3 - The Text-Critical English New Testament Then the scribes and the Pharisees brought him a woman who had been caught in adultery. Making her stand before them all, Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a woman taken in adultery; and when they had set her in the midst, Amplified Bible - Classic Edition When the scribes and Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery. They made her stand in the middle of the court and put the case before Him. American Standard Version (1901) And the scribes and the Pharisees bring a woman taken in adultery; and having set her in the midst, Common English Bible The legal experts and Pharisees brought a woman caught in adultery. Placing her in the center of the group, Catholic Public Domain Version Now the scribes and Pharisees brought forward a woman caught in adultery, and they stood her in front of them. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the scribes and the Pharisees bring unto him a woman taken in adultery: and they set her in the midst, |
So he assembled all the chief priests and scribes of the people, and inquired of them where the Christ was to be born.
Early in the morning he again went to the temple courts. All the people came, and he sat down and taught them.
they said to Jesus, testing him, “Teacher, this woman was caught in the very act of committing adultery.
When they heard this, they were convicted by their own consciences and began to go away one by one, starting with the older men. So Jesus was left alone, with the woman there before him.
After making Peter and John stand before them, they began to question them: “By what power or by what name did you do this?”
So then, she will be called an adulteress if she is joined to another man while her husband is alive. But if her husband dies, she is free from that law and is not committing adultery if she is joined to another man.