John 8:7

But as they continued to ask him, he stood up, and said to them: Let him among you who is without sin, first throw a stone at her.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.

In Context

6This they said to tempt him, that they might bring an accusation against him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground.

8And again he stooped down and wrote on the ground.

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Cross References

Matthew 7:1Judge not, that you may not be judged:

John 7:46The attendants answered: Never did man speak like this man.

Romans 2:21you, then, who teach another, do you not teach yourself? You who preach that a man should not steal, do you steal?

Colossians 4:6Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every one.

Matthew Henry on John 8:2-12

The Woman Taken in Adultery. 1 Jesus went unto the mount of Olives. 2 And early in the morning he came again into the temple, and all the people came unto him; and he sat down, and taught them. 3 And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a woman taken in adultery; and when they had set her in the midst, 4 They say unto him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act. 5 Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should be stoned: but what sayest thou? 6 This they said, tempting him, that they… Read the whole commentary →

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