“...is without sin...”

Standing there, draped in all their religious and fabric finery, they were before Him in as naked a form as they’d ever been. Their sins had been exposed.

The Ah-ha Moment
There are two ah-ha moments within this story.

1. When God wrote the Law on the tablets for Moses to bring to the people, He wrote them with His finger.[3] As the teachers of that very Law were attempting to trick Jesus, the author of the Law, He knelt down and wrote in the same manner.

2. If the woman was caught in the very act of adultery, she was — in my opinion — most likely scarcely clothed. (Maybe they allowed her to grab a robe or a sheet from the bed, I don’t know.) Either way, I can’t imagine for the life of me that Jesus would have let her remain that way for long. Perhaps he took his outer garment off and wrapped her in it. Perhaps He stood — as her gallant Savior — in front of her, hiding her from the crowd.

When her accusers were no longer there, Jesus spoke to her for the first time. Whether they were alone or if His disciples were standing close-by, it must have felt as though there were no other people in the world, much less at the temple. The woman was standing, Jesus was still kneeling.

And then He stood and turned to her. “Where are they? Has no one condemned you?”[4] He asked her.