2/28/2023 0 Comments Woman caught in adultery pdf![]() ![]() “If we cannot feel that this is part of John’s Gospel we can feel that the story is true to the character of Jesus.” (Morris)ī. These two seem to have been connected with the editing of this gospel, for they are probably the ‘we’ of John 21:24 and the two unnamed disciples of John 21:2.” (Trench) “If not John’s it was a very early interpolation: it may possibly have had the sanction of Simeon or Jude (early 2 nd century), the second and third bishops of Jerusalem, ‘brethren’ of our Lord, the last survivors of the Apostolic age. There is some debate as to where it belongs in the Gospel accounts, but there is good reason to believe it belongs. We have good reason to believe that this actually happened, and that John really wrote this. Early Christian writers mention this account as soon as the early second century (A.D. At the same time, the character of the story makes it seem obvious that it is genuine, and many scholars note that it is historical and factual. Some ancient Christians (such as Augustine and Ambrose) omitted this story, not so much because of the textual evidence but because they thought it made Jesus appear to approve of sexual immorality, or at least not regard it as serious. “All this evidence suggests that scribes were often ignorant of its exact position, though anxious to retain it as part of the four Gospels.” (Tasker) They knew it belonged, but they didn’t exactly know where.A few manuscripts have this section after John 21:24, and one has it after John 7:36.One group of manuscripts inserts this section after Luke 21:38.Many later manuscripts mark this section with asterisks. ![]() Most of the earliest ancient Greek manuscripts omit this section.From manuscript current evidence, it seems unlikely that this portion was part of the original text of John’s gospel, or at least in this place. As a matter of the original text, this is a section (John 7:53-8:11) of some debate and controversy. Jesus went to the Mount of Olives to sleep. Everyone went to his own house: The sense in the text as we have it is that Jesus confounded His opponents as He preached at the temple and then they went their own ways. Now early in the morning He came again into the temple, and all the people came to Him and He sat down and taught them.Ī. (7:53-8:2) Jesus teaches at the temple.Īnd everyone went to his own house. A woman caught in adultery is brought to Jesus for judgment. ![]()
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