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Verse	Translation	Text
Joh 8:3	Strong Concordance	And [1161] the scribes [1122] and [2532] Pharisees [5330] brought [71] unto [4314] him [846] a woman [1135] taken [2638] in [1722] adultery [3430]; and [2532] when they had set [2476] her [846] in [1722] the midst [3319],
	King James	And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a woman taken in adultery; and when they had set her in the midst,

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
scribes and Pharisees--foiled in their yesterday's attempt, and hoping to succeed better in this.

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

scribes and Pharisees--foiled in their yesterday's attempt, and hoping to succeed better in this.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
A woman taken in adultery - Some of the popish writers say that her name was Susanna; that she was espoused to an old decrepid man, named Manasseh; that she died a saint in Spain, whither she had followed St. James. These accounts the judicious Calmet properly terms fables. It is allowed that adultery was exceedingly common at this time, so common that they had ceased to put the law in force against it. The waters of jealousy were no longer drunk, the culprits or those suspected of this crime, being so very numerous; and the men who were guilty themselves dared not try their suspected wives, as it was believed the waters would have no evil effect upon the wife, if the husband himself had been criminal. See the whole of the process on the waters of jealousy in the notes on Num 5:14 (note), etc.; and see at the end of chap. 18 (note).

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826

A woman taken in adultery - Some of the popish writers say that her name was Susanna; that she was espoused to an old decrepid man, named Manasseh; that she died a saint in Spain, whither she had followed St. James. These accounts the judicious Calmet properly terms fables.

It is allowed that adultery was exceedingly common at this time, so common that they had ceased to put the law in force against it. The waters of jealousy were no longer drunk, the culprits or those suspected of this crime, being so very numerous; and the men who were guilty themselves dared not try their suspected wives, as it was believed the waters would have no evil effect upon the wife, if the husband himself had been criminal. See the whole of the process on the waters of jealousy in the notes on Num 5:14 (note), etc.; and see at the end of chap. 18 (note).

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