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When they continued asking (hōs epemenon erōtōntes). Imperfect active indicative of epimenō (waiting in addition or still, epi, old verb) with supplementary active participle of erōtaō, to question. See same construction in Act 12:16 The verb epimenō does not occur in John. They saw that Jesus seemed embarrassed, but did not know that it was as much because of “the brazen hardness of the prosecutors” as because of the shame of the deed.
He lifted himself up (anekupsen). First aorist active indicative of anakuptō, the opposite of katakuptō, to bend down (Joh 8:8) or of katō kuptō (Joh 8:6).
He that is without sin (ho anamartētos). Verbal adjective (an privative and hamartētos from hamartanō), old word, either one who has not sinned as here and Deu 29:19 or one who cannot sin, not in the N.T.
Among you (humōn). Objective genitive.
First cast (prōtos baletō). The nominative prōtos means first before others, be the first to cast, not cast before he does something else. See Joh 20:4. The verb is second aorist imperative of ballō, old verb to fling or cast. Jesus thus picks out the executioner in the case.