anamartetos. 7 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.” But when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him be the first to cast the stone upon her. In this way, however, Christ appears to take out of the world all judicial decisions, so that no man shall dare to say that he has a right to punish crimes. No man who cannot stand this test has a right to require the old ideal to be revived. So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin - not meaning 'sinless altogether;' nor yet 'guiltless of a literal breach of the Seventh Commandment;' but probably, 'He whose conscience acquits him of any such sin,'. First cast a stone—Each man is now himself put to a still more trying test than they had applied to Jesus. (7) So when they continued asking him.âHe would have avoided their question, and continued, as is here implied, for some time in the action of writing; but they will now interrupt that action. ‘He lifted Himself up’. Coffman's Commentaries on the BibleJohn 8. Some manuscripts do include the passage, or part of it, but place it after John 7:36 or after John 21:25. He thus turns the tables on them by His reply, for none of them would dare to suggest to the crowds, or to each other, that they were without sin. The earliest commentary of this passage comes more than 1,000 years after Jesus and that commentary challenged the inclusion of the passage because accurate Greek manuscripts did not include it. Ð½Ñ Ð´Ð¾Ð»Ð¶Ð½Ñ Ð½Ð°ÑаÑÑ ÑвидеÑели пÑеÑÑÑплениÑ. only here in N.T. 2, Introduction; Appendix (Cambridge & London: Macmillan, 1881), 87-88.. 89 Morris, The Gospel According to John, 457. Some one must lead; and he, unless purer than the woman, slays her without authority, and is so a murderer. Commentaries, history books, and more are linked to this page He that is without sin among you.âThe word rendered âwithout sinâ is frequent in the classical writers, but is found in this place only in the New Testament. (John 8:12) In the introduction of this Gospel John proclaimed that Jesus the Light of men and the world. He said this according to the custom of the Law; for God commanded that the witnesses should, with their own hands, put malefactors to death, according to the sentence which had been pronounced on them; that greater caution might be used in bearing testimony, (Deuteronomy 17:7.) If there were one or two in that situation the remainder could hardly claim innocence as a group. Ïεá¿Î½ á¼Î±Ï
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John 8:7 “When they kept on questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, ‘Let any one of you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her.’” Explanation and Commentary of John 8:7. 1. lifted up. 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. No man, therefore, shall be prevented by his own sins from correcting the sins of others, and even from punishing them, when it may be found necessary, provided that both in himself and in others he hate what ought to be condemned; and in addition to all this, every man ought to begin by interrogating his own conscience, and by acting both as witness and judge against himself, before he come to others. For shall a single judge be found, who is not conscious of having something that is wrong? They would impose on him the hazard of pronouncing sentence of capital punishment; and he, without incurring that, flings upon them the hazard of inflicting it. (Comp. He is not speaking in a case brought before the appointed tribunal, but in a case where men assume to themselves the position of judges of anotherâs guilt. Only here, John 8:10. Daily devotional with John Piper. Do they think he is embarrassed? (1-11) Christ's discourse with the Pharisees. 3 Then the scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery and made her stand in the middle. They who ask this question about the Seventh Commandment were themselves breaking the Sixth and the Ninth. In Matthew 13:55-56, the sisters of Jesus were described. John 8. 7.He who is without sin among you. He appears, therefore, to forbid all witnesses to give public testimony, and all judges to occupy the judgment-seat. John 8:7 7 And as they continued to ask him, he stood up and said to them, h “ Let him who is without sin among you i be the first to throw a stone at her .” Read more Share Copy Light is a used as a symbol of the absence of darkness. Some one must lead; and he, unless purer than the woman, slays her without authority, and is so a murderer. This may help to explain why the eldest left first. They had no official right to condemn the woman; and our Lord’s words embodied the truth, which finds always, as it found now, an answer in the heart of man, that we have no personal right to judge the guilty unless we ourselves are free from blame. Compare John 8:69. * a. John 8:7 Parallel Verses [⇓ See commentary ⇓] John 8:7, NIV : "When they kept on questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, 'Let any one of you who is without sin be … He agrees that the one among them who has never broken the Law shall be permitted to carry out the sentence. We should not, therefore, make a ‘big deal’ over such a trifling and personal matter.” Others “paint” with an even broader brush. --- See annotations on Matt. (Comp. Jesus now took the place of the woman"s defense attorney as well as her judge (cf. the word âsinnerâ as used in Luke 7:37.) Furthermore there may be in Jesus’ reply the suggestion, which He expected them to be aware of, that He was aware that some of the Pharisees themselves had dubious reputations. Without sin—That is, without a sin of such enormity as would render him liable to stand in the woman’s place if Mosaic or Messianic law should be applied. (not including the Cambridge MS.) read âthe stone,â the stone referred to in John 8:5. âLet him firstâ means âlet him first of youâ; not âlet him cast the first stone.â This was the duty of the witnesses. Men are sometimes very forward to accuse others, and seek to have them punished, when they are themselves guilty of equal, and perhaps greater crimes. When they persisted, saying, What sayest thou ? the heavy stone for execution. Indeed, they are placed in a predicament of shame likely to prevent all desire on their part to allude to the matter. Jesus lived under this Law and respected it. The question, then, is whether we But they mean that no amount of finger-writing shall defeat their purpose. Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand. ); teaching of his heavenly origin ( John 8:21-30 ); and the passage on the true children of Abraham ( John 8:31-59 ). And yet they are unable to pretend that he has declined the Messianic office, or lowered the Mosaic law. Said unto them—Thus doth Judge Messiah decide: The accused is beyond all question worthy of death. 7. John 8:7 Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (RSVCE). 7.Continued asking—They do not easily take a hint that their room is better than their company. Biblical Commentary (Bible study) John 8:1-11 EXEGESIS: A CONTROVERSY: There is a controversy concerning this story—whether it was part of the Gospel of John from the beginning. It takes here a special meaning from the context, and is to be understood of the class of sins of which her sin was an instance. There seems no reason to confine the thought of ‘sin’ here to the particular sin with which the woman was chargeable; the expression is quite general. Articles Sermons Topics Books Podcasts Filter Resources By Ask Pastor John. 3 The teachers of the law and the Pharisees brought in a woman caught in adulteryThey made her stand before the group 4 and said to Jesus, “Teacher, this woman was caught in the act of adultery. “I AM was recognized by the Jews as a title of deity.” (Tenney) iii. —Thus doth Judge Messiah decide: The accused is beyond all question worthy of death. The problem is that John 7:53-8:11 is not found in any of the earliest manuscripts or versions (translations into other languages). Now what he said, at that time, to a few persons, we ought to view as spoken to all, that whoever accuses another, ought to impose on himself a law of innocence; otherwise, we do not pursue wicked actions, but rather are hostile to the persons of men. The King James ( KJV ) Bible with Commentary. It is to be noted, in the application of this answer, that our Lord does not lay down sinlessness as the necessary condition of fitness for taking part in the punishment of guilt. This would be to nullify law, for there could be then no human executive power. There is the case of the woman taken in adultery ( John 7:53-8:11 ); Jesus the Light of the world ( John 8:12-20 . Those are self-condemned who judge others, and yet do the same thing. It seems to them that He cannot avoid the snare in which they have placed Him, and that He is seeking the only escape in silence. —That is, without a sin of such enormity as would render him liable to stand in the woman’s place if Mosaic or Messianic law should be applied. Here’s their line of reasoning. Wed, Jan. 6th Thu, Jan. 7th Fri, Jan. 8th Sat, Jan. 9th Sun, Jan. 10th Mon, Jan. 11th. John 8:2-11 - "JESUS' WORK OF FORGIVENESS" Reading Sermon by Prof. H. Hanko. John 8:32, ESV: "and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”" John 8:32, KJV: "And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." 8:7-9 He that is without sin among you. He is the great promoter of falsehood of every kind. Reading 1, 1 John 4:7-10 Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 72:1-2, 3-4, 7-8 Gospel, Mark 6:34-44 More Daily Readings. John /. John 8:7 Context. 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е. Jesus did not mean that the accusers needed to be sinless. 1 John 2:1). cannot with any propriety reprehend or condemn faults in others, if we ourselves be guilty of the same, or other great faults, St. Cyril, in Joan. They had asked Him to pass judgment, and now He was exercising His rightful function as the judge of humankind. All can readily. Accordingly it is added. But they mean that no amount of finger-writing shall defeat their purpose. But there is an answer of which they think not, and this He stands up to give. All the responsibility is rolled back upon themselves. A. Hort, The New Testament in the Original Greek, vol. Let, then, the low standard of modern degeneracy be at once abolished, and let the pure ideal of Moses’s law be restored in its severest purity. Shall a single witness be produced who is not chargeable with some fault? Notes on John 10:34 et seq.). John 8:7. Jesus" reply put the dilemma back on His accusers" shoulders. KJV: 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. 2 But early in the morning he arrived again in the temple area, and all the people started coming to him, and he sat down and taught them. John 7. 8. again he stooped down and wrote—The design of this second stooping and writing on the ground was evidently to give her accusers an opportunity to slink away unobserved by Him, and so avoid an exposure to His eye which they could ill have stood. Greek. —They do not easily take a hint that their room is better than their company. Questions and answers with John Piper. There must be more to this than we are told. John 8:7 REV and Commentary - ~But when they continued asking him, he stood up and said to them, Let the one who is with - Bible verse i. “In the instance of John 8:1-11, a woman committed adultery, but Jesus did not condemn her. 5 Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should be stoned: but what sayest thou? The Pharisees and the adulteress. But we are not told this. Luke 13:11; Luke 21:28. without sin = sinless. still more trying test than they had applied to Jesus. He that is without sin among you, &c.— Alluding to the law, Deuteronomy 17:7 which ordered that the hands of the witnesses, by whose testimony an idolater was convicted, should be first upon him, and afterwards the hands of all the people. Most scholars agree that the story is not Johannine in its origins and that it was added later. In chapter 7 the gospel narrative describes for us the time Jesus spent at the Feast of Tabernacles, the Feast that was celebrated in the nation to commemorate the years of wandering in the wilderness. (2) Against hypocrites who are very severe judges against other men, and flatter themselves while they are sinning. Next Weeks Readings. Let him first; Deuteronomy 17:7. They were condemned by the company they were keeping. As they see him tracing figures on the ground, they “close in” for the kill, but Jesus is only giving them “enough rope to hang themselves!” Whichever one of you has committed no sin. 86 Bruce M. Metzger, A Textual Commentary on the Greek New Testament (New York: United Bible Societies, 1971), 219.. 87 Brown, The Gospel According to John, 336.. 88 F. J. John 8 is the eighth chapter in the Gospel of John in the New Testament of the Christian Bible.It continues the account of Jesus' debate with the Pharisees after the Feast of Tabernacles, which began in the previous chapter.. In verse 12, Jesus describes himself as "the light of the world" and verse 32 contains the well-known teaching "ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free". 8:7 {2} 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. The scribes and Pharisees press for an answer. Interactive Bible study with John Piper. Commentary on John 9:8-12 (Read John 9:8-12) Those whose eyes are opened, and whose hearts are cleansed by grace, being known to be the same person, but widely different in character, live as monuments to the Redeemer's glory, and recommend his grace to … And again he stooped down, and with his finger, Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers. 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