John 8:4

4 et dixerunt ei magister haec mulier modo deprehensa est in adulterio

John 8:4 Meaning and Commentary

John 8:4

They say unto him, Master
They applied to him in a handsome and respectful manner, the better to cover their ill design:

this woman was taken in adultery;
by two persons at least, who could be witnesses of it; otherwise the accusation was not legal; see ( Deuteronomy 19:15 ) ; though in the case of a wife suspected of adultery, they admitted a single witness as valid ^F6:

in the very act;
or "in the theft itself", for adultery is a theft; it is an unlawful use of another's property; see this word used in the same sense, in Heliodor, l. 1. sect. 11.

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FOOTNOTES:

F6 Maimon. Hilchot Eduth, c. 5. sect. 2.

John 8:4 In-Context

2 et diluculo iterum venit in templum et omnis populus venit ad eum et sedens docebat eos

3 adducunt autem scribae et Pharisaei mulierem in adulterio deprehensam et statuerunt eam in medio

4 et dixerunt ei magister haec mulier modo deprehensa est in adulterio

5 in lege autem Moses mandavit nobis huiusmodi lapidare tu ergo quid dicis

6 haec autem dicebant temptantes eum ut possent accusare eum Iesus autem inclinans se deorsum digito scribebat in terra