John 8:4
They say unto him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act.
KJV
λεγουσιν αυτω εκπειραζοντες αυτον οι ιερεις, ινα εχωσιν κατηγορειαν αυτου· διδασκαλε, αυτη η γυνη κατειληπται επαυτοφωρω μοιχευομενη. λέγουσιν αὐτῷ· διδάσκαλε, αὕτη ἡ γυνὴ κατειλήφθη ἐπαυτοφώρῳ μοιχευομένη.
Greek NT
et dixerunt ei : Magister, hæc mulier modo deprehensa est in adulterio.
Vulgate
they say unto him, Teacher, this woman hath been taken in adultery, in the very act.
ASV
And said to him: Master, this woman was even now taken in adultery.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
14 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
- John 7:52 flows directly into John 8:12 without this passage. — P66; P75; Codex Sinaiticus (01/ℵ); Codex Vaticanus (03/B); Codex Alexandrinus (02/A); Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus (04/C); Codex Washingtonianus (032/W); Many Old Latin MSS; Oldest Syriac MSS
- Ἐπορεύθησαν ἕκαστος εἰς τὸν οἶκον αὐτοῦ... — Codex Bezae (05/D); Majority of Byzantine MSS (from 9th century onward); Vulgate; Didascalia Apostolorum
- Same passage relocated to the end of John's Gospel. — Family 1 (f¹); Minuscule 1; Minuscule 1582
- Same passage relocated to Luke's Gospel after Jesus' teaching in the temple. — Family 13 (f¹³); Minuscule 13; Minuscule 69
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Deut 22:22 — If a man be found lying with a woman married to an husband, then they shall both of them die, both the man that lay with the woman, and the woman: so shalt thou put away evil from Israel.
- Lev 20:10 — And the man that committeth adultery with another man’s wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbour’s wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.
- Matt 1:19 — Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a publick example, was minded to put her away privily.