The Woman Caught in Adultery
John 8:3
Why translations differ here
The woman caught in adultery: part of John? The story of the woman caught in adultery is accepted as Scripture by the Catholic Church, printed in the Orthodox Church's Greek text and in Protestant Bibles, and has been read in worship since at least the fifth century; scholars of every tradition call it a genuinely ancient story about Jesus.
In 9 translations
- BSB
- The scribes and Pharisees, however, brought to Him a woman caught in adultery. They made her stand before them
- KJV
- And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a woman taken in adultery; and when they had set her in the midst,
- WEB
- The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman taken in adultery. Having set her in the middle,
- ASV
- And the scribes and the Pharisees bring a woman taken in adultery; and having set her in the midst,
- LSV
- and the scribes and the Pharisees bring to Him a woman having been taken in adultery, and having set her in the midst,
- YLT
- and the scribes and the Pharisees bring unto him a woman having been taken in adultery, and having set her in the midst,
- DBY
- And the scribes and the Pharisees bring [to him] a woman taken in adultery, and having set her in the midst,
- DRC
- And the scribes and the Pharisees bring unto him a woman taken in adultery: and they set her in the midst,
- GNV
- Then the Scribes, and the Pharises brought vnto him a woman, taken in adulterie, and set her in the middes,
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Where the editions differ
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- In STEPBible’s comparison, NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, Westcott–Hort, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include ἄγουσιν δὲ οἱ γραμματεῖς καὶ οἱ Φαρισαῖοι (“Bring now the scribes and the Pharisees”); SBLGNT (2010), Tregelles do not include this wording.
- In STEPBible’s comparison, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include πρὸς αὐτὸν (“to him”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles do not include this wording.
- In STEPBible’s comparison, NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, Westcott–Hort, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include γυναῖκα (“a woman”); SBLGNT (2010), Tregelles do not include this wording.
- Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read ἐν (“in”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, Westcott–Hort read ἐπὶ (“in”).
- In STEPBible’s comparison, NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, Westcott–Hort, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include μοιχείᾳ (“adultery”); SBLGNT (2010), Tregelles do not include this wording.
- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, Westcott–Hort, Textus Receptus read κατειλημμένην (“having been grasped”); Tyndale House read καταλήφθεισαν (“being grasped”).
- In STEPBible’s comparison, NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, Westcott–Hort, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include καὶ στήσαντες αὐτὴν ἐν μέσῳ (“and having set her in [the] midst”); SBLGNT (2010), Tregelles do not include this wording.
Edition differences: STEP Bible, based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). Names and codes expanded; consecutive words grouped. Comparisons follow the editions used by the source; see version details.
Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- ἄγουσιν δὲ οἱ γραμματεῖς καὶ οἱ Φαρισαῖοι πρὸς αὐτὸν γυναῖκα ἐν μοιχείᾳ καταλήφθεισαν· καὶ στήσαντες αὐτὴν ἐν μέσῳ,
- RP2018
- Ἄγουσιν δὲ οἱ γραμματεῖς καὶ οἱ Φαρισαῖοι πρὸς αὐτὸν γυναῖκα ἐν μοιχείᾳ καταληφθεῖσαν· καὶ στήσαντες αὐτὴν ἐν μέσῳ,
- TR-Boyd
- Ἄγουσι δὲ οἱ γραμματεῖς καὶ οἱ Φαρισαῖοι πρὸς αὐτὸν γυναῖκα ἐν μοιχείᾳ κατειλημμένην· καὶ στήσαντες αὐτὴν ἐν μέσῳ,
- SCR1894
- αγουσιν δε οι γραμματεις και οι φαρισαιοι προς αυτον γυναικα εν μοιχεια κατειλημμενην και στησαντες αυτην εν μεσω
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