Yohanes 8:7

Bahasa Indonesia Sehari-hari

Dan ketika mereka terus-menerus bertanya kepada-Nya, Iapun bangkit berdiri lalu berkata kepada mereka: "Barangsiapa di antara kamu tidak berdosa, hendaklah ia yang pertama melemparkan batu kepada perempuan itu."

Parallel Translations

Alkitab Terjemahan Baru
Dan ketika mereka terus-menerus bertanya kepada-Nya, Iapun bangkit berdiri lalu berkata kepada mereka: "Barangsiapa di antara kamu tidak berdosa, hendaklah ia yang pertama melemparkan batu kepada perempuan itu."

Alkitab Terjemahan Lama
Maka sebab berulang-ulang mereka itu bertanya juga, tegaklah Ia serta berkata kepada mereka itu, "Siapa di antara kamu yang tiada berdosa, hendaklah ia dahulu melempar batu kepada perempuan ini."

Contextual Overview

¹ Iesus went vnto mout Oliuete. ² And early in the mornyng he came agayne into the temple, and all the people came vnto hym, & he sate downe and taught them. ³ And the scribes and pharisees brought vnto hym a woman taken in adulterie, & when they had set her in the middes, ⁴ They sayde vnto hym: Maister, this woman was taken in adulterie, euen as the deede was a doyng. ⁵ Moyses in the lawe commaunded vs that suche shoulde be stoned: But what sayest thou? ⁶ This they sayde to tempte hym, that they myght accuse hym. But Iesus stowped downe, and with his fynger wrote on the grounde. ⁷ So, when they continued asking him, he lyft vp hym selfe, & sayde vnto them: Let hym that is among you without sinne, caste the first stone at her. ⁸ And agayne he stowped downe, and wrote on the grounde. ⁹ And when they hearde this, beyng accused of their owne consciences, they went out one by one, begynnyng at the eldest, euen vnto the last: and Iesus was left alone, & the woman standyng in the myddes. ¹⁰ When Iesus had lyft vp hym selfe, & sawe no man but the woman, he sayde vnto her: Woma where are those thine accusers? Hath no man condempned thee?

Bible Verse Review
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and said: John 7:46, Proverbs 12:18, Proverbs 26:4, Proverbs 26:5, Jeremiah 23:29, 1 Corinthians 14:24, 1 Corinthians 14:25, Colossians 4:6, Hebrews 4:12, Hebrews 4:13, Revelation 1:16, Revelation 2:16, Revelation 19:15

He that: Deuteronomy 17:6, Psalms 50:16-20, Matthew 7:1-5, Matthew 23:25-28, Romans 2:1-3, Romans 2:21-25

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 13:9 - thine hand Psalms 130:3 - shouldest mark Ecclesiastes 7:22 - also Ezekiel 23:45 - after the manner of adulteresses Matthew 7:3 - but Matthew 19:20 - All Matthew 22:46 - no Luke 6:41 - but Luke 17:17 - but John 8:46 - convinceth

Cross-References

Leviticus 11:15
And all Rauens after their kinde,

1 Kings 17:4
Thou shalt drinke of the ryuer, and I haue commaunded the rauens to feede thee there.

1 Kings 17:6
And the rauens brought him bread and fleshe in the morning, and likewyse bread and fleshe in the euening: and he drancke of the brooke.

Job 38:41
Who prouideth meate for the rauen, when his young ones crye vnto God, and flee about for lacke of meate?

Psalms 147:9
He geueth vnto cattell their foode: [euen] vnto Rauens which call for it.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

So when they continued asking him,.... For observing that he put himself in such a posture, they concluded that they had puzzled and perplexed him, and that he knew not what to say; and therefore they were more urgent for a speedy answer, hoping they should get an advantage of him; and that they should be able to expose him, and that his confusion would appear to all the people:

he lift up himself and said unto them; having raised up himself, he looked wistly at them, and returned them this wise answer to, their confusion:

he that is without sin among you; meaning, not that was entirely free from sin, in heart, in lip, and life; for there is no such person; the most holy man in life is not, in such sense, free from sin; but that was without any notorious sin, or was not guilty of some scandalous sin, and particularly this of adultery; which was in this age a prevailing sin, and even among their doctors; hence our Lord calls that generation an adulterous one, Matthew 12:39; and which was literally true of them; with this compare Romans 2:22. Adultery increased to such a degree in this age, that they were obliged to leave off the trial of suspected wives, because their husbands were generally guilty this way; and the waters would have no effect, if the husband was criminal also: so the Jews say q,

"when adulterers increased, the bitter waters ceased; and Rabban Jochanan ben Zaccai (who was now living) caused them to cease.''

In vindication of which, he cited the passage in Hosea 4:14; and this agrees with their own account of the times of the Messiah, and the signs thereof, among which stands this r;

"in the age in which the son of David comes, the house of assembly (the gloss interprets it the place where the disciples of the wise men meet to learn the law) shall become, לזונות, "a brothel house".''

And that this sin so greatly prevailed, our Lord well knew; and perhaps none of those Scribes and Pharisees were free from it, in one shape or another; and therefore bids him that was,

let him first cast a stone at her; alluding to the law in Deuteronomy 17:7, which required the hands of the witnesses to be upon a person first, to put him to death; and as Dr. Lightfoot thinks, referring to their own sense and opinion, in trying a wife suspected of adultery; that if the husband was guilty the same way, the waters would have no effect: by this answer of our Lord, he at once wrought himself out of the dilemma, they thought to distress him with; for though he passed no sentence upon the woman, and so took not upon him the judiciary power, with which they could accuse him to the Roman governor, yet he manifestly appeared to agree with Moses, that such an one deserved to be stoned; wherefore they could not charge him with being contrary to Moses; and by putting him that was without sin, to cast the first stone at her, he showed himself merciful to the woman, and to them, to be the searcher of hearts.

q Misn. Sota, c. 9. sect. 9. r Misn. ib c. 9. sect. 15. T. Bab. Sanhedrin, fol. 97. 1.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

They continued asking him - They pressed the question upon him. They were determined to extort an answer from him, and showed a perseverance in evil which has been unhappily often imitated.

Is without sin - That is, without this particular sin; he who has not himself been guilty of this very crime - for in this place the connection evidently demands this meaning.

Let him first cast a stone at her - In the punishment by death, one of the witnesses threw the culprit from the scaffold, and the other threw the first stone, or rolled down a stone to crush him. See Deuteronomy 17:6-7. This was in order that the witness might feel his responsibility in giving evidence, as he was also to be the executioner. Jesus therefore put them to the test. Without pronouncing on her case, he directed them, if any of them were innocent, to perform the office of executioner. This was said, evidently, well knowing their guilt, and well knowing that no one would dare to do it.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse John 8:7. He that is without sin — αναμαρτητος, meaning the same kind of sin, adultery, fornication, c. Kypke has largely proved that the verb αμαρτανειν is used in this sense by the best Greek writers.

Let him first cast a stone at her. — Or, upon her, επ αυτη. The Jewish method of stoning, according to the rabbins, was as follows: The culprit, half naked, the hands tied behind the back, was placed on a scaffold, ten or twelve feet high the witnesses, who stood with her, pushed her off with great force: if she was killed by the fall there was nothing farther done; but, if she was not, one of the witnesses took up a very large stone, and dashed it upon her breast, which generally was the coup de grace, or finishing stroke. This mode of punishment seems referred to, Matthew 21:44. However, this procedure does not appear to have been always attended to. See Leviticus 24:16, and ver. 59 of this chapter. John 8:59