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Legacy Standard Bible

John 8:4

they *said to Him, "Teacher, this woman has been caught in adultery, in the very act.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Adultery;   Hypocrisy;   Women;   Thompson Chain Reference - Defender of the Weak;   Weak;   The Topic Concordance - Adultery;   Execution;   Judges;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Temple;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Adultery;   Divorce;   Marriage;   Women;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Ethics;   Temple;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Adultery;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Excommunication;   Forgiveness;   Jesus, Life and Ministry of;   Marriage;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Aristion (Aristo);   Considerateness;   Family (Jesus);   Husband ;   Impotence;   Liberty (2);   Man (2);   Marriage;   Perfection (of Jesus);   Premeditation;   Stoning (2);   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Versions of the Scripture, Ancient;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Writing;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Jesus of Nazareth;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Adultery;   Jesus Christ (Part 2 of 2);   Manner;   Purity;   Teach;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Adultery;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for May 1;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
“Teacher,” they said to him, “this woman was caught in the act of committing adultery.
King James Version (1611)
They say vnto him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act.
King James Version
They say unto him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act.
English Standard Version
they said to him, "Teacher, this woman has been caught in the act of adultery.
New American Standard Bible
they said to Him, "Teacher, this woman has been caught in the very act of committing adultery.
New Century Version
They said to Jesus, "Teacher, this woman was caught having sexual relations with a man who is not her husband.
Amplified Bible
and they said to Him, "Teacher, this woman has been caught in the very act of adultery.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
they said to Him, "Teacher, this woman has been caught in adultery, in the very act.
Berean Standard Bible
and said, "Teacher, this woman was caught in the act of adultery.
Contemporary English Version
Then they said, "Teacher, this woman was caught sleeping with a man who isn't her husband.
Complete Jewish Bible
Then they said to him, "Rabbi, this woman was caught in the very act of committing adultery.
Darby Translation
they say to him, Teacher, this woman has been taken in the very act, committing adultery.
Easy-to-Read Version
They said to Jesus, "Teacher, this woman was caught in the act of adultery.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And said vnto him, Master, we foud this woman committing adulterie, euen in the very acte.
George Lamsa Translation
They said to him, Teacher, this woman was caught openly in the act of adultery.
Good News Translation
"Teacher," they said to Jesus, "this woman was caught in the very act of committing adultery.
Lexham English Bible
they said to him, testing him, "Teacher, this woman was caught in the very act of committing adultery!
Literal Translation
they said to Him, Teacher, this woman was taken in the very act, committing adultery.
American Standard Version
they say unto him, Teacher, this woman hath been taken in adultery, in the very act.
Bible in Basic English
And putting her forward, they said to him, Master, this woman has been taken in the very act of sinning against the married relation.
Hebrew Names Version
they told him, "Teacher, we found this woman in adultery, in the very act.
International Standard Version
they said to him, "Teacher, this woman has been caught in the very act of adultery.
Murdock Translation
they say to him: Teacher, this woman was caught openly in the act of adultery.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
They sayde vnto hym: Maister, this woman was taken in adulterie, euen as the deede was a doyng.
English Revised Version
they say unto him, Master, this woman hath been taken in adultery, in the very act.
World English Bible
they told him, "Teacher, we found this woman in adultery, in the very act.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
They say to him, Master, this woman was taken actually committing adultery.
Weymouth's New Testament
"Rabbi," they said, "this woman has been found in the very act of committing adultery.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and seiden to hym, Maystir, this womman is now takun in auoutrie.
Webster's Bible Translation
They say to him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act.
New English Translation
and said to Jesus, "Teacher, this woman was caught in the very act of adultery.
New King James Version
they said to Him, "Teacher, this woman was caught [fn] in adultery, in the very act.
New Living Translation
"Teacher," they said to Jesus, "this woman was caught in the act of adultery.
New Life Bible
Then they said to Jesus, "Teacher, this woman was caught in the act of doing a sex sin.
New Revised Standard
they said to him, "Teacher, this woman was caught in the very act of committing adultery.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Douay-Rheims Bible
And said to him: Master, this woman was even now taken in adultery.
Revised Standard Version
they said to him, "Teacher, this woman has been caught in the act of adultery.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
and sayde vnto him: Master this woman was taken in advoutry even as the dede was a doyng.
Young's Literal Translation
they say to him, `Teacher, this woman was taken in the very crime -- committing adultery,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and sayde vnto him: Master, this woman was taken in aduoutrye, eue as the dede was adoynge.
Mace New Testament (1729)
they said to him, master, this woman was actually taken in adultery.
Simplified Cowboy Version
"Oh great teacher," they chided, "we caught this woman having sex with a married man.

Contextual Overview

1But Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. 2Early in the morning He came again into the temple, and all the people were coming to Him; and He sat down and began to teach them. 3The scribes and the Pharisees *brought a woman caught in adultery, and having set her in the center of the court, 4they *said to Him, "Teacher, this woman has been caught in adultery, in the very act. 5Now in the Law Moses commanded us to stone such women; what then do You say?" 6They were saying this, testing Him, so that they might have evidence to accuse Him. But Jesus stooped down and with His finger wrote on the ground. 7But when they persisted in asking Him, He straightened up and said to them, "Let him who is without sin among you be the first to throw a stone at her." 8Again He stooped down and wrote on the ground. 9When they heard it, they began to go out one by one, beginning with the older ones, and He was left alone, and the woman, where she was, in the center of the court. 10Straightening up, Jesus said to her, "Woman, where are they? Did no one condemn you?"

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: Leviticus 20:10 - the adulterer Deuteronomy 22:22 - General Judges 19:3 - speak Matthew 1:19 - a public

Cross-References

Genesis 8:17
Bring out with you every living thing of all flesh that is with you, birds and animals and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth, that they may swarm on the earth, and that they may be fruitful and multiply on the earth."
Genesis 8:19
Every beast, every creeping thing, and every bird, everything that moves on the earth, went out by their families from the ark.
2 Kings 19:37
Now it happened that as he was worshiping in the house of Nisroch his god, Adrammelech and Sharezer struck him down with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Ararat. And Esarhaddon his son became king in his place.
Isaiah 37:38
Now it happened that as he was worshiping in the house of Nisroch his god, Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons struck him down with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Ararat. And Esarhaddon his son became king in his place.
Jeremiah 51:27
Lift up a standard in the land,Blow a trumpet among the nations!Set apart the nations against her;Summon against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz;Appoint a marshal against her;Bring up the horses like bristly locusts.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

They say unto him, Master,.... They applied to him in a handsome and respectful manner, the better to cover their ill design:

this woman was taken in adultery; by two persons at least, who could be witnesses of it; otherwise the accusation was not legal; see

Deuteronomy 19:15; though in the case of a wife suspected of adultery, they admitted a single witness as valid f:

in the very act; or "in the theft itself", for adultery is a theft; it is an unlawful use of another's property; see this word used in the same sense, in Heliodor, l. 1. sect. 11.

f Maimon. Hilchot Eduth, c. 5. sect. 2.


 
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