King James Version
John 8:4 in the King James Version says “They say unto him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act.” — study this verse from John chapter 8 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“They say unto him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act.”
John 8:4 · KJV
And early in the morning he came again into the temple, and all the people came unto him; and he sat down, and taught them.
And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a woman taken in adultery; and when they had set her in the midst,
They say unto him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act.
Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should be stoned: but what sayest thou?
This 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.
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“They say”
G3004properly, to "lay" forth, i.e., (figuratively) relate (in words (usually of systematic or set discourse; whereas g2036 and g5346 generally refer to an
“unto him”
G846the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
“was taken”
G2638to take eagerly, i.e., seize, possess, etc. (literally or figuratively)
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