“And the man that committeth adultery with another man’s wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbour’s wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.”
If a man commits adultery with another man's wife — with the wife of his neighbor — both the adulterer and the adulteress are to be put to death. The death penalty for adultery applies to both parties: the adulterer and the adulteress. The bilateral penalty communicates the equal responsibility of both parties in the violation. John 8:1–11 records the scribes and Pharisees bringing the woman caught in adultery to Jesus — but without the man, in violation of the equal-responsibility principle of Leviticus 20:10. Jesus' response challenges the selective application of the law.
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