
#26 Bible translations and controversies
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The Origins of the Woman Catched in Adultery
Many Christians don't really care, know or understand the note within their Bibles stating that the story is exempt from the earliest and best manuscripts. When it comes to John 8, actually, I think the passage starts in 753 which is the last phrase of chapter 7, through to verse 11. It is an odd passage in the sense that it doesn't seem to flow directly out of chapter 7,. But it does look as though it belongs somewhere. The chapter has a sort of circular quality, where Jesus takes the woman and ends up being threatened with stoning himself. And what's going on here? Tom says he would rather myself tell people: let's have a Wednesday night Bible study
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