Passage
Now in our law, Moses commanded us to stone such women.Leviticus 20:10; Deuteronomy 22:22 What then do you say about her?”
John 8:5 (WEB)
Nearby Context
John 8:3 The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman taken in adultery. Having set her in the middle,
John 8:4 they told him, “Teacher, we found this woman in adultery, in the very act.
John 8:5 Now in our law, Moses commanded us to stone such women.Leviticus 20:10; Deuteronomy 22:22 What then do you say about her?”
John 8:6 They said this testing him, that they might have something to accuse him of. But Jesus stooped down, and wrote on the ground with his finger.
John 8:7 But when they continued asking him, he looked up and said to them, “He who is without sin among you, let him throw the first stone at her.”
Study Lenses
The verse centers on "moses", "commanded", "stone", "such", "women", "leviticus", and "deuteronomy". 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 "they told him Teacher we found this..." into verse 6's "They said this testing him that they...", 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.