John 8:7
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.
KJV
ως δε επεμενον ερωτωντες, ανεκυψεν και ειπεν αυτοις· ο αναμαρτητος υμων πρωτος επ αυτην βαλετω λιθον. ὡς δὲ ἐπέμενον ἐρωτῶντες αὐτόν, ἀνακύψας εἶπε πρὸς αὐτούς· ὁ ἀναμάρτητος ὑμῶν πρῶτος τὸν λίθον ἐπ’ αὐτῇ βαλέτω.
Greek NT
Cum ergo perseverarent interrogantes eum, erexit se, et dixit eis : Qui sine peccato est vestrum, primus in illam lapidem mittat.
Vulgate
But 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.
ASV
When therefore they continued asking him, he lifted up himself and said to them: He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
16 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
βάλλω
ballo
verb · 125×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
λίθος
lithos
noun · 60×
πρός
pros
preposition · 697×
πρῶτος
protos
adjective · 101×
ἀνακύπτω
anakupto
verb · 6×
ἀναμάρτητος
anamartetos
adjective · 2×
ἐπί
epi
preposition · 888×
ἐπιμένω
epimeno
verb · 17×
ἐρωτάω
erotao
verb · 65×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὑμεῖς
umeis
pronoun · 1828×
ὡς
os
adverb · 502×
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
major
The Pericope Adulterae (the woman caught in adultery). This passage is absent from all early Greek papyri and the oldest uncial manuscripts. Its vocabulary and style differ from the rest of John. Many scholars believe it is an authentic tradition about Jesus that was inserted into John at a later date. Some manuscripts place it after John 21:25, after Luke 21:38, or after John 7:36.
- John 7:52 flows directly into John 8:12 without this passage. — P66; P75; Codex Sinaiticus (01/ℵ); Codex Vaticanus (03/B); Codex Alexandrinus (02/A); Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus (04/C); Codex Washingtonianus (032/W); Many Old Latin MSS; Oldest Syriac MSS
- Ἐπορεύθησαν ἕκαστος εἰς τὸν οἶκον αὐτοῦ... — Codex Bezae (05/D); Majority of Byzantine MSS (from 9th century onward); Vulgate; Didascalia Apostolorum
- Same passage relocated to the end of John's Gospel. — Family 1 (f¹); Minuscule 1; Minuscule 1582
- Same passage relocated to Luke's Gospel after Jesus' teaching in the temple. — Family 13 (f¹³); Minuscule 13; Minuscule 69
source: curated
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
A brother at Scetis committed a fault. A council was called to which Abba Moses was invited, but he refused to go. Then the priest sent someone to say to him, "Come, for everyone is waiting for you." So he got up and went. He took a leaking jug, filled it with water, and carried it with him. The others came out to meet him and said to him, "What is this, Father?" The old man sa…
Cross-references
- 1Cor 14:24 — But if all prophesy, and there come in one that believeth not, or one unlearned, he is convinced of all, he is judged of all:
- Col 4:6 — Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.
- Deut 17:6 — At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he that is worthy of death be put to death; but at the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death.
- Eccl 7:22 — For oftentimes also thine own heart knoweth that thou thyself likewise hast cursed others.
- Heb 4:12 — For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoug
- John 8:46 — Which of you convinceth me of sin? And if I say the truth, why do ye not believe me?
- Luke 6:41 — And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but perceivest not the beam that is in thine own eye?
- Matt 7:1 — Judge not, that ye be not judged.
- Matt 7:3 — And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?
- Matt 23:25 — Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess.
- Prov 26:4 — Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.
- Prov 26:5 — Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.
- Ps 50:16 — But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth?
- Ps 130:3 — If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?
- Rev 2:16 — Repent; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.
- Rom 2:1 — Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things.
- Rom 2:1 — Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things.
- Rom 2:21 — Thou therefore which teachest another, teachest thou not thyself? thou that preachest a man should not steal, dost thou steal?