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Selected Verse: John 8:5 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Joh 8:5 |
Strong Concordance |
Now [1161] Moses [3475] in [1722] the law [3551] commanded [1781] us [2254], that such [5108] should be stoned [3036]: but [3767] what [5101] sayest [3004] thou [4771]? |
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King James |
Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should be stoned: but what sayest thou? |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| Moses in the law ... - The punishment of adultery commanded by Moses was death, Lev 20:10; Deu 22:22. The particular manner of the death was not specified in the law. The Jews had themselves, in the time of Christ, determined that it should be by stoning. See this described in the notes at Mat 21:35, Mat 21:44. The punishment for adultery varied. In some cases it was strangling. In the time of Ezekiel Eze 16:38-40 it was stoning and being thrust through with a sword. If the adulteress was the daughter of a priest, the punishment was being burned to death. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| 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 completed; for such only Moses commanded to be stoned. He commanded indeed that other adulteresses should be put to death; but the manner of death was not specified. Deu 22:23. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
That such should be stoned - It is not strictly true that Moses ordered adultery in general to be punished by stoning. The law simply says that the adulterer and the adulteress shall be put to death. Lev 20:10; Deu 22:22. The rabbins say they were strangled. This they affirm was the ordinary mode of punishment, where the species of death was not marked in the law, If the person guilty of an act of this kind had been betrothed, but not married, she was to be stoned: Deu 22:23. But if she was the daughter of a priest, she was to be burned alive: Lev 16:9. It appears, from Eze 16:38, Eze 16:40, that adulteresses in the time of that prophet were stoned, and pierced with a sword.
Selden and Fagius suppose that this woman's case was the same with that mentioned, Deu 22:23. If a damsel that is a virgin be betrothed unto a husband, and a man find her in the city, and lie with her; then ye shall stone them with stones that they die, the damsel because she cried not, and the man because he hath humbled his neighbors wife. As the Pharisees spoke of stoning the woman, it is possible this was her case; and some suppose that the apparent indulgence with which our Lord treated her insinuates that she had suffered some sort of violence, though not entirely innocent. Therefore he said, I do not condemn thee, i.e. to death, because violence had been used. Sin no more. Nevertheless thou art in certain respects guilty; thou mightest have made more resistance. |
38 And I will judge [08199] thee, as women that break wedlock [05003] and shed [08210] blood [01818] are judged [04941]; and I will give [05414] thee blood [01818] in fury [02534] and jealousy [07068].
39 And I will also give [05414] thee into their hand [03027], and they shall throw down [02040] thine eminent place [01354], and shall break down [05422] thy high places [07413]: they shall strip [06584] thee also of thy clothes [0899], and shall take [03947] thy fair [08597] jewels [03627], and leave [03240] thee naked [05903] and bare [06181].
40 They shall also bring up [05927] a company [06951] against thee, and they shall stone [07275] thee with stones [068], and thrust thee through [01333] with their swords [02719].
44 And [2532] whosoever shall fall [4098] on [1909] this [5126] stone [3037] shall be broken [4917]: but [1161] on [1909] whomsoever [3739] [302] it shall fall [4098], it will grind [3039] him [846] to powder [3039].
35 And [2532] the husbandmen [1092] took [2983] his [846] servants [1401], and beat [1194] one [3739], [3303] and [1161] killed [615] another [3739], and [1161] stoned [3036] another [3739].
22 If a man [0376] be found [04672] lying [07901] with a woman [0802] married [01166] to an husband [01167], then they shall both of them [08147] die [04191], both the man [0376] that lay [07901] with the woman [0802], and the woman [0802]: so shalt thou put away [01197] evil [07451] from Israel [03478].
10 And the man [0376] that committeth adultery [05003] with another man's [0376] wife [0802], even he that committeth adultery [05003] with his neighbour's [07453] wife [0802], the adulterer [05003] and the adulteress [05003] shall surely [04191] be put to death [04191].
23 If a damsel [05291] that is a virgin [01330] be betrothed [0781] unto an husband [0376], and a man [0376] find [04672] her in the city [05892], and lie [07901] with her;
23 If a damsel [05291] that is a virgin [01330] be betrothed [0781] unto an husband [0376], and a man [0376] find [04672] her in the city [05892], and lie [07901] with her;
40 They shall also bring up [05927] a company [06951] against thee, and they shall stone [07275] thee with stones [068], and thrust thee through [01333] with their swords [02719].
38 And I will judge [08199] thee, as women that break wedlock [05003] and shed [08210] blood [01818] are judged [04941]; and I will give [05414] thee blood [01818] in fury [02534] and jealousy [07068].
9 And Aaron [0175] shall bring [07126] the goat [08163] upon which the LORD'S [03068] lot [01486] fell [05927], and offer [06213] him for a sin offering [02403].
23 If a damsel [05291] that is a virgin [01330] be betrothed [0781] unto an husband [0376], and a man [0376] find [04672] her in the city [05892], and lie [07901] with her;
22 If a man [0376] be found [04672] lying [07901] with a woman [0802] married [01166] to an husband [01167], then they shall both of them [08147] die [04191], both the man [0376] that lay [07901] with the woman [0802], and the woman [0802]: so shalt thou put away [01197] evil [07451] from Israel [03478].
10 And the man [0376] that committeth adultery [05003] with another man's [0376] wife [0802], even he that committeth adultery [05003] with his neighbour's [07453] wife [0802], the adulterer [05003] and the adulteress [05003] shall surely [04191] be put to death [04191].