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John 8:4

World English Bible

they told him, “Teacher, we found this woman in adultery, in the very act.

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John 8:4 in other translations

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

John 8:4 · American Standard Version

John 8:4 in context

  1. 2Now very early in the morning, he came again into the temple, and all the people came to him. He sat down and taught them.
  2. 3The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman taken in adultery. Having set her in the middle,
  3. 4they told him, “Teacher, we found this woman in adultery, in the very act.
  4. 5Now in our law, Moses commanded us to stone such women. What then do you say about her?”
  5. 6They said this testing him, that they might have something to accuse him of.
    But Jesus stooped down and wrote on the ground with his finger.