John 8:4

Verse

λέγουσιν αὐτῷ, πειράζοντες, Διδάσκαλε, αὕτη ἡ γυνὴ κατελήφθη ἐπ᾽ αὐτοφόρῳ μοιχευομένη.

RBT Greek Interlinear:

3004; legousin; λέγουσιν; say; V-PIA-3P

846; autō; αὐτῷ; to himself; PPro-DM3S

1320; Didaskale; Διδάσκαλε; Teacher; N-VMS

3778; hautē; αὕτη; she; DPro-NFS

3588; hē; ἡ; the; Art-NFS

1135; gynē; γυνὴ; woman; N-NFS

2638; kateilēptai; κατείληπται*; was caught; V-RIM/P-3S

1909; ep’; ἐπ’*; upon; Prep

1888; autophōrō; αυτοφώρῳ*; the very act; Adj-DNS

3431; moicheuomenē; μοιχευομένη; she who is committing adultery; V-PPM/P-NFS

RBT Translation:

She Labels Herself a Sinner

They are saying to himself, "Teacher, she, the Woman, was caught-down upon self-observation, she who commits adultery.^80a

LITV Translation:
they said to Him, Teacher, this woman was taken in the very act, committing adultery.

ESV Translation:
they said to him, “Teacher, this woman has been caught in the act of adultery.

Footnotes

80a

The word "ἐπαυτοφώρῳ" (epautophōrō) occurs only once here in the NT. Generally when a special word shows up in the NT there is a really good reason for it. 

1. "ἐπί" (epi): A preposition meaning "upon" or "in."

2. "αὐτόφωρος" (autopōros): An adjective derived from "αὐτό" (auto), meaning "self," and "φωρός" (phōros), meaning "watching" or "observation." "ἐπαυτοφώρῳ" (epautophōrō) functions as an adverbial form of "αὐτόφωρος" (autopōros).

So, "ἐπαυτοφώρῳ" (epautophōrō) means "upon oneself being caught" or "caught in the act by oneself," indicating that the action described happened while the subject was directly observed or caught in the act.

The literal translations of "ἐπαυτοφώρῳ" (epautophōrō) are:

1. Upon self-observation.
2. Caught by oneself.
3. Self-caught.
4. Caught in the act by oneself.
5. Caught red-handed by oneself.

When context is determined by bias, and in turn, a unique word construct is ignored or concealed in favor of that context, is it still honest translation? At the same time, the text is foretelling the dishonest translation of itself, and the "traditions of men" violently forced up on it.