John 8:7

When they continued asking him, he stood up and said to them, “Let him among you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her.”

Text-Critical English NT

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

6(They said this to test him, so that they might have something to accuse him of.) But Jesus stooped down and wrote with his finger on the ground, taking no notice.

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

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Cross References

Matthew 7:1“Do not judge, so that you will not be judged.

John 7:46The officers answered, “Never has anyone spoken like this man.”

Romans 2:21Yoʋ then who teach others, do yoʋ not teach yoʋrself? Yoʋ who preach against stealing, do yoʋ steal?

Colossians 4:6Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer each person.

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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