John 8:7
What is written? (ESV)
And as they continued to ask him, he stood up and said to them, “Let him who is without sin among you be the first to throw a stone at her.”
What does it say?
As they continued to ask him, he stood up and said, “Let him who is without sin among you be the first to throw a stone at her.”
What is its immediate context?
The scribes and Pharisees are again testing Jesus (vs 6) by bringing a woman that was supposedly caught in an act of adultery (vs 3). They state what the law of Moses says about it, but ask Jesus for his judgment on her.
How John 8:7 is applied across Bible answers
Should we be judging others (Matthew 7:1-2)?
Jesus isn't necessarily condemning their judgment of her. His statement and lesson are directed at their self-righteousness and arrogant self-interest in testing him (rather than concern for the woman).
