John 8:7
Let him who is without sin among you be the first to throw a stone… - John 8:7
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Let him who is without sin among you be the first to throw a stone… - John 8:7
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(John 8:2-11 NIV) At dawn he appeared again in the temple courts, where all the people gathered around him, and he sat down to teach them. {3} The teachers of the law and the Pharisees brought in a woman caught in adultery. They made her stand before the group {4} and said to Jesus, "Teacher, this woman was caught in the act of adultery. {5} In the Law Moses commanded us to stone such women. Now what do you say?" {6} They were using this question as a trap, in order to have a basis for accusing him. But Jesus bent down and started to write on the ground with his finger. {7} When they kept on questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, "If any one of you is without sin, let him be the first to throw a stone at her." {8} Again he stooped down and wrote on the ground. {9} At this, those who heard began to go away one at a time, the older ones first, until only Jesus was left, with the woman still standing there. {10} Jesus straightened up and asked her, "Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?" {11} "No one, sir," she said. "Then neither do I condemn you," Jesus declared. "Go now and leave your life of sin."
Jesus did not approve of her sin. The pharisees were trying to trap Jesus because the Romans took away the right of the Jews to execute people based on their laws. If Jesus refused to allow her to be stoned he would lose the support of the people. So Jesus avoided both traps.
This has to be one of the most butchered passages in the NT. I'm curious what you think is meant.