John 8:5

Webster's Bible (1833)

Now in our law, Moses commanded us to stone such. What then do you say about her?"

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  • Lev 20:10 : 10 "'The man who commits adultery with another man's wife, even he who commits adultery with his neighbor's wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.
  • Deut 22:21-24 : 21 then they shall bring out the young lady to the door of her father's house, and the men of her city shall stone her to death with stones, because she has done folly in Israel, to play the prostitute in her father's house: so shall you put away the evil from the midst of you. 22 If a man be found lying with a woman married to a husband, then they shall both of them die, the man who lay with the woman, and the woman: so shall you put away the evil from Israel. 23 If there be a young lady who is a virgin pledged to be married to a husband, and a man find her in the city, and lie with her; 24 then you shall bring them both out to the gate of that city, and you shall stone them to death with stones; the lady, because she didn't cry, being in the city; and the man, because he has humbled his neighbor's wife: so you shall put away the evil from the midst of you.
  • Ezek 16:38-40 : 38 I will judge you, as women who break wedlock and shed blood are judged; and I will bring on you the blood of wrath and jealousy. 39 I will also give you into their hand, and they shall throw down your vaulted place, and break down your lofty places; and they shall strip you of your clothes, and take your beautiful jewels; and they shall leave you naked and bare. 40 They shall also bring up a company against you, and they shall stone you with stones, and thrust you through with their swords.
  • Matt 5:17 : 17 "Don't think that I came to destroy the law or the prophets. I didn't come to destroy, but to fulfill.
  • Matt 19:6-8 : 6 So that they are no more two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, don't let man tear apart." 7 They asked him, "Why then did Moses command us to give her a bill of divorce, and divorce her?" 8 He said to them, "Moses, because of the hardness of your hearts, allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it has not been so.
  • Matt 22:16-18 : 16 They sent their disciples to him, along with the Herodians, saying, "Teacher, we know that you are honest, and teach the way of God in truth, no matter who you teach, for you aren't partial to anyone. 17 Tell us therefore, what do you think? Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?" 18 But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, "Why do you test me, you hypocrites?
  • Ezek 23:47 : 47 The company shall stone them with stones, and dispatch them with their swords; they shall kill their sons and their daughters, and burn up their houses with fire.

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  • John 8:2-4
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    2 Now very early in the morning, he came again into the temple, and all the people came to him. He sat down, and taught them.

    3 The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman taken in adultery. Having set her in the midst,

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

  • John 8:6-11
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    6 They 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.

    7 But when they continued asking him, he looked up and said to them, "He who is without sin among you, let him throw the first stone at her."

    8 Again he stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground.

    9 They, when they heard it, being convicted by their conscience, went out one by one, beginning from the oldest, even to the last. Jesus was left alone with the woman where she was, in the middle.

    10 Jesus, standing up, saw her and said, "Woman, where are your accusers? Did no one condemn you?"

    11 She said, "No one, Lord." Jesus said, "Neither do I condemn you. Go your way. From now on, sin no more."

  • Mark 10:2-5
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    2 Pharisees came to him testing him, and asked him, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?"

    3 He answered, "What did Moses command you?"

    4 They said, "Moses allowed a certificate of divorce to be written, and to divorce her."

    5 But Jesus said to them, "For your hardness of heart, he wrote you this commandment.

  • 7 They asked him, "Why then did Moses command us to give her a bill of divorce, and divorce her?"

  • 19 Didn't Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keeps the law? Why do you seek to kill me?"

  • 27 "You have heard that it was said, {TR adds "to the ancients,"} 'You shall not commit adultery;'

  • 26 He said to him, "What is written in the law? How do you read it?"

  • 5 then shall you bring forth that man or that woman, who has done this evil thing, to your gates, even the man or the woman; and you shall stone them to death with stones.

  • 18 He said to him, "Which ones?" Jesus said, "'You shall not murder.' 'You shall not commit adultery.' 'You shall not steal.' 'You shall not offer false testimony.'

  • 11 For he who said, "Do not commit adultery," said also, "Do not commit murder." Now if you do not commit adultery, but murder, you have become a transgressor of the law.

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    35 One of them, a lawyer, asked him a question, testing him.

    36 "Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the law?"

  • 22 You who say a man shouldn't commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples?

  • 5 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

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    31 Therefore Jews took up stones again to stone him.

    32 Jesus answered them, "I have shown you many good works from my Father. For which of those works do you stone me?"

  • 51 "Does our law judge a man, unless it first hears from him personally and knows what he does?"

  • Num 15:35-37
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    35 Yahweh said to Moses, The man shall surely be put to death: all the congregation shall stone him with stones outside of the camp.

    36 All the congregation brought him outside of the camp, and stoned him to death with stones; as Yahweh commanded Moses.

    37 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

  • 31 Pilate therefore said to them, "Take him yourselves, and judge him according to your law." Therefore the Jews said to him, "It is not lawful for us to put anyone to death,"

  • 11 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

  • 31 "It was also said, 'Whoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorce,'

  • 28 They insulted him and said, "You are his disciple, but we are disciples of Moses.

  • 40 Jesus answered him, "Simon, I have something to tell you." He said, "Teacher, say on."

  • 59 Therefore they took up stones to throw at him, but Jesus was hidden, and went out of the temple, having gone through the midst of them, and so passed by.

  • 45 "Don't think that I will accuse you to the Father. There is one who accuses you, even Moses, on whom you have set your hope.

  • 32 He wrote there on the stones a copy of the law of Moses, which he wrote, in the presence of the children of Israel.

  • 20 You know the commandments: 'Don't commit adultery,' 'Don't murder,' 'Don't steal,' 'Don't give false testimony,' 'Honor your father and your mother.'"

  • 6 But if we say, 'From men,' all the people will stone us, for they are persuaded that John was a prophet."

  • 13 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

  • 22 Is it lawful for us to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?"

  • 27 At this, his disciples came. They marveled that he was speaking with a woman; yet no one said, "What are you looking for?" or, "Why do you speak with her?"

  • 17 Tell us therefore, what do you think? Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?"

  • 19 You know the commandments: 'Do not murder,' 'Do not commit adultery,' 'Do not steal,' 'Do not give false testimony,' 'Do not defraud,' 'Honor your father and mother.'"

  • 46 Which of you convicts me of sin? If I tell the truth, why do you not believe me?

  • 17 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

  • 7 The Jews answered him, "We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God."

  • 3 Pharisees came to him, testing him, and saying, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?"

  • 23 Moses spoke to the children of Israel; and they brought forth him who had cursed out of the camp, and stoned him with stones. The children of Israel did as Yahweh commanded Moses.