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George Lamsa Translation

John 8:4

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

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.
Legacy Standard Bible
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.
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

1 THEN Jesus went to the mount of Olives. 2 And in the morning he came again to the temple, and all the people were coming to him; and he sat down and taught them. 3 Then the scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who was caught in adultery; and they made her to stand in the midst. 4 They said to him, Teacher, this woman was caught openly in the act of adultery. 5 Now in the law of Moses it is commanded that women such as these should be stoned; but what do you say? 6 They said this to tempt him, that they might have a cause to accuse him. While Jesus was bent down, he was writing on the ground. 7 When they were through questioning him, he straightened himself up and said to them, He who is among you without sin, let him first throw a stone at her. 8 And again as he bent down, he wrote on the ground. 9 And when they heard it, they left one by one, beginning with the elders; and the man woman was left alone in the midst. 10 When Jesus straightened himself up, he said to the woman, Where are they?

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 forth with you every beast of every kind that is with you, both fowl and cattle and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth; that they may breed abundantly on the earth and be fruitful and multiply upon the face of the earth.
Genesis 8:19
Every beast, every domestic animal, and every fowl, and whatever creeps upon the earth, after their kinds, went forth out of the ark.
2 Kings 19:37
And as he worshipped in the house of Nisroch his god, Adrammeleck and Sharezer his sons slew him with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Armenia. And Sarhaddom his son reigned in his stead.
Isaiah 37:38
And it came to pass as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god that Adrammeleck and Sharezar, his sons, slew him with the sword; and they escaped to the land of Kardo, and Esar-haddon his son reigned in his stead.
Jeremiah 51:27
Set up a banner in the land, blow the trumpet among the nations; prepare the nations against her, call together against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Armenia, and Aschenaz; decree destruction against her; bring up horses like crawling 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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