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Mar 20, 2024 · What Does Casting Stones Actually Mean? Jesus did not undercut the law when He challenged the Pharisees and scribes. Indeed, the law called for the woman to be stoned, but there needed to be...
Dec 11, 2023 · Jesus said, "He who is without sin can cast the first stone" to a woman caught in adultery by the Pharisees. Learn the context, meaning and application of this verse and how it relates to casting stones.
Mar 26, 2021 · The phrase “throwing stones” (or “casting stones”) comes from the biblical event in which the Pharisees dragged an adulterous woman (but not the man) before Jesus to be stoned. Jesus told the...
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- John 8:7. 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.”
- Matthew 7:3. Why do you see the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? KJV. And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?
- 1 Peter 2:15. For this is the will of God, that by doing good you should put to silence the ignorance of foolish people. KJV. For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men
- Romans 14:4. Who are you to pass judgment on the servant of another? It is before his own master that he stands or falls. And he will be upheld, for the Lord is able to make him stand.
Most commentators see an allusion to the practice of marring an enemy's fields by casting stones upon them, as the Israelites did when they invaded Moab (2 Kings 3:19, 25). But this must have been a very abnormal proceeding, and could scarcely be cited as a usual occurrence.
Find and explore 100 Bible verses about casting stones, a biblical term for judging or condemning others. See how Jesus taught about casting stones in John 8:1-11 and other passages.
Berean Standard 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.” Berean Literal Bible. But as they continued asking Him, having lifted Himself up, also He said to them, "The one sinless among you, let him cast the first stone at her."
