4and said to Jesus, "Teacher, this woman was caught in the act of adultery.


In Context

1 But Jesus went to the Mount of Olives.

2 At dawn he appeared again in the temple courts, where all the people gathered around him, and he sat down to teach them.

3 The teachers of the law and the Pharisees brought in a woman caught in adultery. They made her stand before the group

4 and said to Jesus, "Teacher, this woman was caught in the act of adultery.

5 In the Law Moses commanded us to stone such women. Now what do you say?"

6 They were using this question as a trap, in order to have a basis for accusing him.

John 8:4 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:4They say unto him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

8:4And said to him: Master, this woman was even now taken in adultery.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

8:4they say unto him, Teacher, this woman hath been taken in adultery, in the very act.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:4they say to him, Teacher, this woman has been taken in the very act, committing adultery.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

8:4they say unto him, Master, this woman hath been taken in adultery, in the very act.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:4They say to him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:4they told him, |Teacher, we found this woman in adultery, in the very act.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

8:4they say to him, 'Teacher, this woman was taken in the very crime — committing adultery,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:4They say to him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act.