John 8:5 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should be stoned: but what sayest thou? ”

John 8:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Moses in the law ... - The punishment of adultery commanded by Moses was death, Leviticus 20:10 ; Deuteronomy 22:22 . The particular manner of the death was not specified in the law. The Jews h...
John 8:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

PERICOPE ADULTERS. John 7:53 to John 8:11 . Jesus and the Woman Accused of Sin. The well-known story of the woman taken in adultery has no claim to be regarded as part of the original text of...
John 8:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Moses. See note on John 1:17 . commanded... stoned . This law referred only to. "betrothed damsel "( Deuteronomy 22:24 ); and to show that the Lord knew their thoughts, and knew also that this w...
John 8:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should be stoned: but what sayest thou? That such should be stoned - It is not strictly true that Moses ordered adultery in general to be punished by ston...
John 8:5 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Now Moses in the law commanded— The law, Leviticus 20:10 . Deuteronomy 22:22 required in the general, that adultery should be punished with death, but did not determine the kind of it: only beca...
John 8:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should be stoned: but what sayest thou? Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should be stoned. The law said merely she should die ( Deuter...
John 8:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Feast of Tabernacles Continued. Christ the Light of the World John 7:53 to John 8:11 . The woman taken in adultery. All modern critics agree that this section is no original part of the Fou...
John 8:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should be stoned. — If we interpret the words strictly, the case they contemplate is not that referred to in Leviticus 20:10 , and quoted here in the m...
John 8:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 17 THE WOMAN TAKEN IN ADULTERY. “And they went every man unto his own house: but Jesus went unto the mount of Olives. And early in the morning He came again into the temple, and all the p...
John 8:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Accusers Self-condemned John 8:1-11 This passage has been the subject of much controversy, but there is no possibility of accounting for it except on the supposition that this incident real...
John 8:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The end of chapter 7 is closely linked with this, in that after declaring "every man went to his own house," the writer said, "But Jesus went unto the Mount of Olives." Here we have the story of a r...
John 8:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a woman taken in adultery: and when they had set her in the midst, (4) They say unto him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act. (5)...
John 8:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should, be stoned ,.... Not in Leviticus 20:10 ; for though according to the law there, an adulteress, one that was a married woman, and so an adulterer...
John 8:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should be stoned: but what sayest thou? Ver. 5. Such should be stoned ] Adultery was to be punished with death. Society and the purity of posterity co...
John 8:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Now Moses commanded that such should be stoned If they spoke accurately, this must have been a woman who, having been betrothed to a husband, had been guilty of this crime before the marriage was c...
John 8:5 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

A WOMAN CAUGHT IN ADULTERY (vs.1-11) While others went to their homes, the Lord spent the night in the mount of Olives, away from all the words and thoughts of men, in the calm of His Father's pr...
John 8:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Woman Taken in Adultery. 1 Jesus went unto the mount of Olives. 2 And early in the morning he came again into the temple, and...
John 8:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Moses in the law, Leviticus 20:10 , commanded that such malefactors should be put to death; but we read of no law commanding this kind of death. And their rule was, that when the law had set no ki...
John 8:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

“Teacher, this woman has been caught in the very act of adultery. Now Moses in the law commanded us to stone women like this, but what do you say about her?” And this they said, testing him, that the...
John 8:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES John 7:1-12 . For the general exposition of this section see Homiletic Notes, pp. 233–235. John 7:2 . Early in the morning (ὄρθρου).—St. John’s usual word is πρ...
John 8:5 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

John 7:53 . And every man went unto his own house . John 8:1 . Jesus went unto the mount of Olives. That is, as every man went to his own house to rest, so Jesus found rest in secret prayer on...
John 8:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

John 8:1 . Jesus went to the mount of Olives, where it is probable he slept in some booth in the gardens; and returned early to the temple, to preach to the people, before the commencement of publ...
John 8:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

And the Scribes and the Pharisees brought unto Him a woman taken in adultery The scene and its significance It is probable that the hilarity and abandonment of the feast, which had grown to be...
John 8:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Verses 7:53-8:11 (8) The pericope adulterae. (a) Excursus on the genuineness of John 7:53-43 John 7:53-43 John 7:53-43 . It is our duty to examine the various grounds on...
John 8:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Woman Taken in Adultery. The arraignment of the guilty woman:
John 8:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 22:21-24 ; Ezekiel 16:38-40 ; Ezekiel 23:47 ; Leviticus 20:10 ; Matthew 19:6-8 ; Matthew 22:16-18 ; Matthew 5:17
John 8:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Moses hath commanded us to stone such — If they spoke accurately, this must have been a woman, who, having been betrothed to a husband, had been guilty of this crime before the marriage was complet...

John 8:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

John 8:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

John 8:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

John 8:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

John 8:5 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

John 8:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

John 8:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

John 8:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

John 8:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

John 8:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

John 8:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

John 8:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John 8:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John 8:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

John 8:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

John 8:5 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

John 8:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

John 8:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

John 8:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

John 8:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

John 8:5 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

John 8:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

John 8:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

John 8:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

John 8:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

John 8:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

John 8:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes