English Explanatory Dictionary

let him who is without sin cast the first stone

English dictionary entry

Meanings

phrase
  1. Only those who are faultless have the right to pass judgment upon others (implying that no one is faultless and that, therefore, no one has such a right to pass judgment).

Word forms

let him who is without sin cast the first stone let he who is without sin cast the first stone let him that is without sin cast the first stone

Etymology

An allusion to an utterance of Jesus in John 8:7, viz. “He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.”

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