3 Or “The scribes.” The traditional rendering of γραμματεύς (grammateus) as “scribe” does not communicate much to the modern English reader, for whom the term might mean “professional copyist,” if it means anything at all. The people referred to here were recognized experts in the law of Moses and in traditional laws and regulations. Thus “expert in the law” comes closer to the meaning for the modern reader.
4 See the note on Pharisees in .

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery, and placing her in the midst

NIVNew International Version (2011)

The teachers of the law and the Pharisees brought in a woman caught in adultery. They made her stand before the group

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Then the scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman caught in adultery, making her stand in the center.

NLTNew Living Translation

As he was speaking, the teachers of religious law and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in the act of adultery. They put her in front of the crowd.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Now the scribes and the Pharisees brought to him a woman caught in adultery. And standing her in their midst,

KJV 1900King James Version

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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