John 8:3

8:3 The experts in the law ¹  and the Pharisees ²  brought a woman who had been caught committing adultery. They made her stand in front of them

John 8:13

8:13 So the Pharisees ³  objected, ⁴  “You testify about yourself; your testimony is not true!” ⁵ 

John 11:46

11:46 But some of them went to the Pharisees ⁶  and reported to them ⁷  what Jesus had done.

[8:3]  ¹ tn Or “The scribes.” The traditional rendering of γραμματεύς (grammateu") 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.

[8:3]  ² sn See the note on Pharisees in 1:24.

[8:13]  ³ sn See the note on Pharisees in 1:24.

[8:13]  ⁴ tn Grk “Then the Pharisees said to him.”

[8:13]  ⁵ sn Compare the charge You testify about yourself; your testimony is not true! to Jesus’ own statement about his testimony in 5:31.

[11:46]  ⁵ sn See the note on Pharisees in 1:24.

[11:46]  ⁶ tn Grk “told them.”