John 8:7
Strong's Lexicon
When
Ὡς (Hōs)
Adverb
Strong's Greek 5613: Probably adverb of comparative from hos; which how, i.e. In that manner.

they continued
ἐπέμενον (epemenon)
Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 1961: (a) I remain, tarry, (b) I remain in, persist in. From epi and meno; to stay over, i.e. Remain.

to question
ἐρωτῶντες (erōtōntes)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 2065: Apparently from ereo; to interrogate; by implication, to request.

Him,
αὐτόν (auton)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

He straightened up
[ἀνέκυψεν (anekypsen)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 352: To raise myself, look up, be elated. From ana and kupto; to unbend, i.e. Rise; figuratively, be elated.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely.

said
εἶπεν (eipen)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 2036: Answer, bid, bring word, command. A primary verb; to speak or say.

to them,
αὐτοῖς] (autois)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

“[Let] him who is
(Ho)
Article - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

without sin
ἀναμάρτητος (anamartētos)
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 361: Without blame, faultless, unerring. Sinless.

among you
ὑμῶν (hymōn)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.

[be] the
〈τὸν〉 (ton)
Article - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

first
πρῶτος (prōtos)
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 4413: First, before, principal, most important. Contracted superlative of pro; foremost.

to cast
βαλέτω» (baletō)
Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 906: (a) I cast, throw, rush, (b) often, in the weaker sense: I place, put, drop. A primary verb; to throw.

a stone
λίθον (lithon)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 3037: A stone; met: of Jesus as the chief stone in a building. Apparently a primary word; a stone.

at
«ἐπ’ (ep’)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 1909: On, to, against, on the basis of, at.

her.
αὐτῇ (autē)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Feminine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
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.

Young's Literal Translation
and when they continued asking him, having bent himself back, he said unto them, ‘The sinless of you—let him first cast the stone at her;’

Holman Christian Standard Bible
When they persisted in questioning Him, He stood up and said to them, “The one without sin among you should be the first to throw a stone at her.”

New American Standard Bible
But when they persisted in asking Him, He straightened up, and said to them, "He who is without sin among you, let him [be the] first to throw a stone at her."

King James Bible
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.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
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."

New Living Translation
They kept demanding an answer, so he stood up again and said, "All right, but let the one who has never sinned throw the first stone!"

English Standard Version
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.”

New American Standard Bible
But when they persisted in asking Him, He straightened up, and said to them, "He who is without sin among you, let him be the first to throw a stone at her."

King James Bible
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.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
When they persisted in questioning Him, He stood up and said to them, "The one without sin among you should be the first to throw a stone at her."

International Standard Version
When they persisted in questioning him, he straightened up and told them, "Let the person among you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her."

NET Bible
When they persisted in asking him, he stood up straight and replied, "Whoever among you is guiltless may be the first to throw a stone at her."

American Standard Version
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.

English Revised Version
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.

Young's Literal Translation
and when they continued asking him, having bent himself back, he said unto them, 'The sinless of you -- let him first cast the stone at her;'
















Cross References
Deuteronomy 17:7
The hands of the witnesses shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterward the hands of all the people. So thou shalt put the evil away from among you.

Matthew 7:1
Judge not, that ye be not judged.

John 8:8
And again he stooped down, and wrote on the ground.

John 8:10
When Jesus had lifted up himself, and saw none but the woman, he said unto her, Woman, where are those thine accusers? hath no man condemned thee?

Romans 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.

John 1:1
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

John 8:6
This they said, tempting him, that they might have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground, as though he heard them not.

John 8:5
Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should be stoned: but what sayest thou?

John 8:4
They say unto him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act.

John 8:9
And they which heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, even unto the last: and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst.
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