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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown on John 8:7

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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · 19th-century historical commentary
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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. cast a stone--"the stone," meaning the first one (Deu 17:7).
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