When Jesus said " let ye who is with out sin cast the first stone"?

Question

Did he mean let ye who is with out sin in general cast the first stone.
or did he mean let ye who is with out the sin of adultry cast the first stone.

Answer 1

Sin in general.

Answer 2

Well he certainly did not say, "let he who has never committed adultery cast the first stone". Plus I doubt that EVERY single person who wanted to stone her also committed adultery. The significant thing, though, was that although Jesus had the legal authority to stone her, he did not, and he forgave her and told her to sin no more. Then he maybe went back to drawing in the sand.

Answer 3

Sin in general

Notice, Jesus was without sin, so he was qualified to cast stones, but he did not, and would not.

He was forgiving;

Quite the opposite of the criticisms of people who are prejudiced against Christianity, and the opposite of the unfortunate tyrrants through history who mistakenly labelled themselves Christians and gave Christianity a bad reputation.

Answer 4

I like this idea - good question. As other's have said, it's about sin in general. I think that the best biblical quote to back this up is the verse about removing the log from your own eye before attempting to remove a splinter from someone' elses. It's a bible quote that has stuck in my mind for many years.

Answer 5

Sin in general. They knew Jesus would not want them to stone her (they had no intention of doing so), but they wanted him on record contradicting the Law. He got out of it by pointing out that they were all guilty of some sin worthy of the death penalty.

Answer 6

In general

Answer 7

He meant sin in general. No one is without sin in their lives. Tradition was to stone women who were caught in adulteress acts. He forgave her of the sin, and told her to go and sin no more. The men were trying to get Jesus to condemn her. Jesus showed compassion to her, and He will show compassion to us also.

Answer 8

Jesus was referring to ALL sin, and since He knew He was the only one without sin, He was referring to Himself. In that story, everyone else there realized they were not without sin, and left the woman guilty of adultery alone. She said to Jesus, "Lord, no one has judged me?" He said, "And neither do I, now go and do not sin anymore." This story is about FORGIVENESS.

Answer 9

It was just his way of saying "Me first!"... Or, more with more seriousness, yes, he meant without sin, as he preached people shouldn't judge others here on earth, and in general things that weren't putting people to brutal deaths...

Answer 10

He meant the sin of adultery because he told her to sin no more. You know that not to sin at all for a sinner is impossible.