Please read the passage noted before the commentary.
Were those people who brought to Jesus the woman just taken in adultery secretly involved in adultery themselves? What better way to draw criticism from oneself than by drawing attention to others? Beware of those who campaign against evil or sin with all their heart. It may be that they secretly would like to do the evil deeds others seem to be doing without restraint.
It may be that we have pet peeves because we would not dare to do something or be something. Pet peeves may be our way of deflecting attention from our faults. They could be our way of saying, “I could never dare do to that or be that. Therefore, I am against all people who do or who are such.”
Does this say that the scribes and Pharisees were closet adulterers? Or that they were unfaithful to their spouses?
No, but since they would not throw the first stone, they tacitly admitted that they were sinners. I, like everyone of us, have to ask myself what my pet peeves say about myself, my weaknesses and my faults.
Jesus did not condemn the woman. He just told her to go and sin no more. He gave no lectures, no condemnations, no angry words. He was content to stand in her presence and let her go.
Jesus says the same thing to us, that we are free to go, with no harsh words or lectures. He does not take our sins personally, so there is no need to punish or be angry. We are free to go and sin no more.