John 8:5 (GNV)

Passage

Now Moses in our Law commanded, that such should be stoned: what sayest thou therefore?

Nearby Context

John 8:3 Then the Scribes, and the Pharises brought vnto him a woman, taken in adulterie, and set her in the middes,

John 8:4 And said vnto him, Master, we foud this woman committing adulterie, euen in the very acte.

John 8:5 Now Moses in our Law commanded, that such should be stoned: what sayest thou therefore?

John 8:6 And this they saide to tempt him, that they might haue, whereof to accuse him. But Iesus stouped downe, and with his finger wrote on the groud.

John 8:7 And while they continued asking him, hee lift himselfe vp, and sayde vnto them, Let him that is among you without sinne, cast the first stone at her.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "moses", "commanded", "such", "should", "stoned", "sayest", "thou", and "therefore". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "moses" and "commanded", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 4's "And said vnto him Master we foud..." into verse 6's "And this they saide to tempt him...", so "moses" and "commanded" belong inside that flow. In John context, the local focus is the identity of Jesus, new birth, eternal life, and belief and unbelief.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "moses" and "commanded" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.