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Is “Let him who is without sin cast the first stone” in the Bible?
Yes. “Let him who is without sin cast the first stone” comes from the Bible, from John 8:7. Jesus says it to a crowd ready to stone a woman caught in adultery.
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Where it is, and what it means there.
From the Bible
Yes. It comes from the Bible.
The verse is John 8:7.
Jesus says it to a crowd ready to stone a woman caught in adultery.
The verse
[When they kept on questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, “Let the one among you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her.”]
John 8:7 · open the chapter →
What it means there
One by one the accusers leave. Jesus does not condemn her, and tells her to sin no more (John 8:11). Many Bibles note that the earliest manuscripts do not have this story (John 7:53 to 8:11).
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Is “Let him who is without sin cast the first stone” in the Bible?
Yes. “Let him who is without sin cast the first stone” comes from the Bible, from John 8:7. The saying is not word for word. It shortens or reshapes the verse. Jesus says it to a crowd ready to stone a woman caught in adultery.
Where in the Bible is “Let him who is without sin cast the first stone”?
In John 8:7. In the Lumin Translation, John 8:7 reads: “[When they kept on questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, “Let the one among you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her.”]”
Who said “Let him who is without sin cast the first stone”?
Jesus says it to a crowd ready to stone a woman caught in adultery.
What does “Let him who is without sin cast the first stone” mean in the Bible?
One by one the accusers leave. Jesus does not condemn her, and tells her to sin no more (John 8:11). Many Bibles note that the earliest manuscripts do not have this story (John 7:53 to 8:11).
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