John 8:7 meaning and explanation

When they continued to question Him, He straightened up and said to them, “Let him who is without sin among you be the first to cast a stone at her.”

John 8:7, Berean Standard Bible

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Jesus is teaching in the temple courts when the scribes and Pharisees bring a woman caught in adultery and ask whether Moses' law requires stoning. Their question is a trap, meant to give them grounds to accuse Him.

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