It has been inferred from John 8:1-11 that this sin became very common during the age preceding the destruction of Jerusalem.
In subsequent times the Rabbis made various regulations with the view of discovering the guilty party, and of bringing about a divorce. The Mosaic law ( Numbers 5:11-31 ) prescribed that the suspected wife should be tried by the ordeal of the "water of jealousy." There is, however, no recorded instance of the application of this law.
Adultery was regarded as a great social wrong, as well as a great sin. Intercourse between a married man and an unmarried woman was fornication.
An adulterer was a man who had illicit intercourse with a married or a betrothed woman, and such a woman was an adulteress.
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