John 8:7

“So when they continued asking him, etc.] 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…”

“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).”

“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…”

“He that is without sin - He that is not guilty: his own conscience being the judge) either of the same sin, or of some nearly resembling it; let him - as a witness, cast the first stone at her. John 8:9”

“8:7 Jesus’ answer did not mean that an accuser had to be morally perfect to make legal accusations. His reference to the one who has never sinned points to the motives of the accusers.”

“and said: Joh 7:46; Pro 12:18, Pro 26:4, Pro 26:5; Jer 23:29; Co1 14:24, Co1 14:25; Col 4:6; Heb 4:12, Heb 4:13; Rev 1:16, Rev 2:16, Rev 19:15 He that: Deu 17:6; Psa 50:16-20; Mat 7:1-5, Mat 23:25-28; Rom 2:1-3, Rom 2:21-25 John 8:9”