John 8:5
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Now Moses in the law commanded us to stone such a one. But what sayest thou?

Moses.

Leviticus 20:10 If any man commit adultery with the wife of another, and defile his neighbour's wife: let them be put to death, both the adulterer and the adulteress.

Deuteronomy 22:21-24 They shall cast her out of the doors of her father's house, and the men of the city shall stone her to death, and she shall die: because she hath done a wicked thing in Israel, to play the whore in her father's house: and thou shalt take away the evil out of the midst of thee. . . .

Ezekiel 16:38-40 And I will judge thee as adulteresses, and they that shed blood are judged: and I will give thee blood in fury and jealousy. . . .

Ezekiel 23:47 And let the people stone them with stone, and let them be stabbed with their swords: they shall kill their sons and daughters, and their houses they shall burn with fire.

but.

Matthew 5:17 Do not think that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets. I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.

Matthew 19:6-8 Therefore now they are not two, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let no man put asunder. . . .

Matthew 22:16-18 And they sent to him their disciples with the Herodians, saying: Master, we know that thou art a true speaker and teachest the way of God in truth. Neither carest thou for any man: for thou dost not regard the person of men. . . .

Context
The Woman Caught in Adultery
4And said to him: Master, this woman was even now taken in adultery. 5Now Moses in the law commanded us to stone such a one. But what sayest thou? 6And this they said tempting him, that they might accuse him. But Jesus bowing himself down, wrote with his finger on the ground.…
Cross References
Leviticus 20:10
If any man commit adultery with the wife of another, and defile his neighbour's wife: let them be put to death, both the adulterer and the adulteress.

Deuteronomy 22:22
If a man lie with another man's wife, they shall both die, that is to say, the adulterer and the adulteress: and thou shalt take away the evil out of Israel.

Matthew 1:19
Whereupon Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing publicly to expose her, was minded to put her away privately.

John 8:4
And said to him: Master, this woman was even now taken in adultery.

Lexicon
In
ἐν (en)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.

the
τῷ (tō)
Article - Dative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

Law
νόμῳ (nomō)
Noun - Dative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 3551: From a primary nemo; law, genitive case, specially, (including the volume); also of the Gospel), or figuratively.

Moses
Μωϋσῆς (Mōusēs)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 3475: Or Moses, or Mouses of Hebrew origin; Moseus, Moses, or Mouses, the Hebrew lawgiver.

commanded
ἐνετείλατο (eneteilato)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 1781: To give orders (injunctions, instructions, commands). From en and the base of telos; to enjoin.

us
ἡμῖν (hēmin)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 1st Person Plural
Strong's Greek 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.

to stone
λιθάζειν (lithazein)
Verb - Present Infinitive Active
Strong's Greek 3034: To stone, pelt with stones. From lithos; to lapidate.

such [a woman].
τοιαύτας (toiautas)
Demonstrative Pronoun - Accusative Feminine Plural
Strong's Greek 5108: (including the other inflections); from toi and houtos; truly this, i.e. Of this sort (to denote character or individuality).

So
οὖν (oun)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 3767: Therefore, then. Apparently a primary word; certainly, or accordingly.

what
τί (ti)
Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 5101: Who, which, what, why. Probably emphatic of tis; an interrogative pronoun, who, which or what.

do You say?”
λέγεις (legeis)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 3004: (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.


Additional Translations
In the Law Moses commanded us to stone such a woman. So what do You say?”

Now in the Law Moses commanded us such to be stoned. You therefore, what do You say?"

Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should be stoned: but what say you?

Now in the law Moses commanded us to stone such: what then sayest thou of her?

Now in the law Moses has commanded us to stone such; thou therefore, what sayest thou?

Now in the law Moses commanded us to stone such: what then sayest thou of her?

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

Now, in the Law, Moses has ordered us to stone such women to death. But what do you say?"

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

and in the law, Moses did command us that such be stoned; thou, therefore, what dost thou say?'
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