John 8:3–4
And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a woman taken in adultery; and when they had set her in the midst,
And the Scribes and Pharisees brought vnto him a woman taken in adultery, and when they had set her in the mids,
They say unto him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act.
They say vnto him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act.
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John 8:3
Writers or clerks; among the Jews, persons learned in and teaching the law.
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Members of a Jewish sect known for strict observance of its religious traditions.
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1. Received, accepted, or chosen. 2. Seized or captured. 3. Carried or laid hold of.
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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.
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1. Sexual unfaithfulness to marriage. 2. Figuratively, unfaithfulness to God.
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1. To put or place a person or thing in a position, relation, or condition; when passive, to be so placed, fixed, or adorned. 2. To establish, fix, appoint, assign, prescribe, or determine. 3. To arrange, prepare, present, display, or put in order or array. 4. To direct, turn, or firmly apply the face, heart, eyes, mind, affection, or action toward something. 5. To start, advance, send out, proceed on a course or work, or make an attack, as in set forward, set forth, or set upon where those meanings apply. 6. To value or esteem; or, in set at nought or set light by, to despise. 7. Of the sun, to go down.
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The middle, centre, interior, or intervening part of a place, body, company, or condition; among, within, surrounded by, or in the presence of persons or things.
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John 8:4
Sense 1: To speak, declare, tell, or express. Sense 2: What is said.
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One possessing authority, ownership, command, supervision, or superior skill: an owner, employer, household head, teacher, leader, ship commander, or lord.
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1. Received, accepted, or chosen. 2. Seized or captured. 3. Carried or laid hold of.
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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.
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1. Sexual unfaithfulness to marriage. 2. Figuratively, unfaithfulness to God.
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Sense 1: Truly, actually, exactly, or the same in identity. Sense 2: To a great or marked degree, used to intensify the quality named.
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A thing done; a deed, action, or exercise of power.
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8:1JESUS went unto the mount of Olives.
8:1¶ Iesus went vnto y e Mount of Oliues:
8:2And early in the morning he came again into the temple, and all the people came unto him; and he sat down, and taught them.
8:2And earely in the morning hee came againe into the Temple, and all the people came vnto him, and he sate downe, and taught them.
8:3And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a woman taken in adultery; and when they had set her in the midst,
8:3And the Scribes and Pharisees brought vnto him a woman taken in adultery, and when they had set her in the mids,
Selected passage8:4They say unto him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act.
8:4They say vnto him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act.
Selected passage8:5Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should be stoned: but what sayest thou?
8:5*Now Moses in the Law commanded vs, that such should be stoned: but what sayest thou?
8:6This they said, tempting him, that they might have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground, as though he heard them not.
8:6This they said, tempting him, that they might haue to accuse him. But Iesus stouped downe, and with his finger wrote on the ground as though he heard them not.
8:7So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.
8:7So when they continued asking him, hee lift vp himselfe, and saide vnto them, *Hee that is without sinne among you, let him first cast a stone at her.
8:8And again he stooped down, and wrote on the ground.
8:8And againe, hee stouped downe, and wrote on the ground.
8:9And they which heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, even unto the last: and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst.
8:9And they which heard it, being conuicted by their owne conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, euen vnto the last: and Iesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst.
8:10When Jesus had lifted up himself, and saw none but the woman, he said unto her, Woman, where are those thine accusers? hath no man condemned thee?
8:10When Iesus had lift vp himselfe, and saw none but the woman, hee said vnto her, Woman, where are those thine accusers? Hath no man condemned thee?
8:11She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more.
8:11She saide, No man, Lord. And Iesus saide vnto her, Neither doe I condemne thee: Goe, and sinne no more.