John 8:7

And as they continued asking him, he straightened himself up, and said to them: Whoever among you is without sin, let him first cast a stone at her.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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

6And this they said, tempting him, so that they might have ground to accuse him. But Jesus having stooped down, was writing on the ground.

8And, having again stooped down, he wrote on the ground.

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Cross References

Matthew 7:1Judge not, that ye be not judged.

John 7:46The constables say to them: Never did a man speak, as this man speaketh.

Romans 2:21Thou therefore, who teachest others, teachest thou not thyself? And thou who teachest that men must not steal, dost thou steal?

Colossians 4:6And let your speech at all times be with grace; as it were, seasoned with salt: and know ye, how ye ought to give answer to every man.

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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