John 8:4
New International Version
and said to Jesus, “Teacher, this woman was caught in the act of adultery.

New Living Translation
“Teacher,” they said to Jesus, “this woman was caught in the act of adultery.

English Standard Version
they said to him, “Teacher, this woman has been caught in the act of adultery.

Berean Standard Bible
and said, “Teacher, this woman was caught in the act of adultery.

Berean Literal Bible
they say to Him, "Teacher, this woman was caught in the very act, committing adultery.

King James Bible
They say unto him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act.

New King James Version
they said to Him, “Teacher, this woman was caught in adultery, in the very act.

New American Standard Bible
they said to Him, “Teacher, this woman has been caught in the very act of committing adultery.

NASB 1995
they said to Him, “Teacher, this woman has been caught in adultery, in the very act.

NASB 1977
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.

Amplified Bible
and they said to Him, “Teacher, this woman has been caught in the very act of adultery.

Christian Standard Bible
“Teacher,” they said to him, “this woman was caught in the act of committing adultery.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Teacher,” they said to Him, “this woman was caught in the act of committing adultery.

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

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
They were saying to him, “Teacher, this woman was taken openly 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.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And said to him: Master, this woman was even now taken in adultery.

English Revised Version
they say unto him, Master, this woman hath been taken in adultery, in the very act.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
and asked Jesus, "Teacher, we caught this woman in the act of adultery.

Good News Translation
"Teacher," they said to Jesus, "this woman was caught in the very act of committing adultery.

International Standard Version
they told him, "Teacher, this woman has been caught in the very act of adultery.

Literal Standard Version
they say to Him, “Teacher, this woman was taken in the very crime [of] committing adultery,

Majority Standard Bible
and said, “Teacher, this woman was caught in the act of adultery.

New American Bible
They said to him, “Teacher, this woman was caught in the very act of committing adultery.

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

New Revised Standard Version
they said to him, “Teacher, this woman was caught in the very act of committing adultery.

New Heart English Bible
they said to him, "Teacher, we found this woman in adultery, in the very act.

Webster's Bible Translation
They say to him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act.

Weymouth New Testament
"Rabbi," they said, "this woman has been found in the very act of committing adultery.

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

Young's Literal Translation
they say to him, 'Teacher, this woman was taken in the very crime -- committing adultery,

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Context
The Woman Caught in Adultery
3The scribes and Pharisees, however, brought to Him a woman caught in adultery. They made her stand before them 4and said, “Teacher, this woman was caught in the act of adultery. 5In the Law Moses commanded us to stone such a woman. So what do You say?”…

Cross References
Matthew 1:19
Because Joseph her husband was a righteous man and was unwilling to disgrace her publicly, he resolved to divorce her quietly.

John 8:3
The scribes and Pharisees, however, brought to Him a woman caught in adultery. They made her stand before them

John 8:5
In the Law Moses commanded us to stone such a woman. So what do You say?"


Treasury of Scripture

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

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John 8
1. Jesus delivers the woman taken in adultery.
12. He declares himself the light of the world, and justifies his doctrine;
31. promises freedom to those who believe;
33. answers the Jews who boasted of Abraham;
48. answers their reviling, by showing his authority and dignity;
59. and slips away from those who would stone him.














(4) The Cambridge MS. reads, "the priests say unto Him, tempting Him, that they might have to accuse Him," adding the word "priests," and placing here the first words of the sixth verse of the Received text.

Verse 4. - Master - Teacher - this woman has been taken committing adultery, in the very act. Ἐπαυτοφώρω originally meant in ipso furto, "in the very theft;" afterwards more generally in the commission of this particular sin. The burning shame and bestial bluntness of the charge make no excuse or palliation possible.

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Greek
[and] said,
λέγουσιν (legousin)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 3004: (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.

“Teacher,
Διδάσκαλε (Didaskale)
Noun - Vocative Masculine Singular
Strong's 1320: A teacher, master. From didasko; an instructor.

this
αὕτη (hautē)
Demonstrative Pronoun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's 3778: This; he, she, it.

woman
γυνὴ (gynē)
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's 1135: A woman, wife, my lady. Probably from the base of ginomai; a woman; specially, a wife.

was caught
κατείληπται (kateilēptai)
Verb - Perfect Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 2638: From kata and lambano; to take eagerly, i.e. Seize, possess, etc.

in
ἐπ’ (ep’)
Preposition
Strong's 1909: On, to, against, on the basis of, at.

the act
αυτοφώρῳ (autophōrō)
Adjective - Dative Neuter Singular
Strong's 1888: In the very act. From epi and autos and a derivative of phor; in theft itself, i.e. in actual crime.

of adultery.
μοιχευομένη (moicheuomenē)
Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's 3431: To commit adultery (of a man with a married woman, but also of a married man). From moichos; to commit adultery.


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