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Jesus Forgives A Woman Taken In Adultery: Should This Be In The Bible? by huxley(m): 12:00am On May 30, 2008
This story, beloved for its revelation of God's mercy toward sinners, is found only in John. It was almost certainly not part of John's original Gospel. The NIV separates this passage off from the rest of the Gospel with the note, "The earliest and most reliable manuscripts and other ancient witnesses do not have John 7:53--8:11." That is, the earliest Greek manuscripts, the earliest translations and the earliest church fathers all lack reference to this story. Furthermore, some manuscripts place it at other points within John (after 7:36, 7:44 or 21:25), others include it in the Gospel of Luke (placing it after Luke 21:38), and many manuscripts have marks that indicate the scribes "were aware that it lacked satisfactory credentials" (Metzger 1994:189). Furthermore, it contains many expressions that are more like those in the Synoptic Gospels than those in John.

Source: http://www.biblegateway.com/resources/commentaries/index.php?action=getCommentaryText&cid=4&source=1&seq=i.50.7.7



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Re: Jesus Forgives A Woman Taken In Adultery: Should This Be In The Bible? by Nobody: 9:06am On May 30, 2008
huxley:

This story, beloved for its revelation of God's mercy toward sinners, is found only in John. It was almost certainly not part of John's original Gospel. The NIV separates this passage off from the rest of the Gospel with the note, "The earliest and most reliable manuscripts and other ancient witnesses do not have John 7:53--8:11." That is, the earliest Greek manuscripts, the earliest translations and the earliest church fathers all lack reference to this story. Furthermore, some manuscripts place it at other points within John (after 7:36, 7:44 or 21:25), others include it in the Gospel of Luke (placing it after Luke 21:38), and many manuscripts have marks that indicate the scribes "were aware that it lacked satisfactory credentials" (Metzger 1994:189). Furthermore, it contains many expressions that are more like those in the Synoptic Gospels than those in John.

Source: http://www.biblegateway.com/resources/commentaries/index.php?action=getCommentaryText&=4&source=1&seq=i.50.7.7



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2 billion Christians believe the bible, 1.5 billion M-uslims accept parts of the bible as true.

Stop wasting your time.
Re: Jesus Forgives A Woman Taken In Adultery: Should This Be In The Bible? by huxley(m): 9:09am On May 30, 2008
imhotep:

2 billion Christians believe the bible, 1.5 billion M-uslims accept parts of the bible as true.

Stop wasting your time.

They are all deluded smiley
Re: Jesus Forgives A Woman Taken In Adultery: Should This Be In The Bible? by Nobody: 9:13am On May 30, 2008
huxley:

They are all deluded smiley

You are both deluded and insecure. wink wink

One of the highest points of your analysis will be to conclude that homosexuality is fantastic. We have seen your type before.
Re: Jesus Forgives A Woman Taken In Adultery: Should This Be In The Bible? by huxley(m): 9:19am On May 30, 2008
imhotep:

You are both deluded and insecure. wink wink

One of the highest points of your analysis will be to conclude that homosexuality is fantastic. We have seen your type before.

You have a penchant for mis-directing threads, haven't you?
Re: Jesus Forgives A Woman Taken In Adultery: Should This Be In The Bible? by Nobody: 9:21am On May 30, 2008
huxley:

You have a penchant for mis-directing threads, haven't you?

No, but I have a penchant for knowing where some people want to (mis)lead others to.
Re: Jesus Forgives A Woman Taken In Adultery: Should This Be In The Bible? by kolaoloye(m): 3:28pm On Jun 03, 2008
@topic,
Yes sir,your majesty or you want it written in the book of Sat-guru Mahraji?
Re: Jesus Forgives A Woman Taken In Adultery: Should This Be In The Bible? by joomiegal(f): 5:29pm On Jun 04, 2008
kola oloye:

@topic,
Yes sir,your majesty or you want it written in the book of Sat-guru Mahraji?
grin grin grin grin grin grin
Re: Jesus Forgives A Woman Taken In Adultery: Should This Be In The Bible? by gbemiga1(m): 10:06pm On Jun 05, 2008
[center]The point I want you to see is the lesson you learn from it. The story simply shows that God is A loving God. He is always ready to forgive anybody that comes to him.
  Forget about the past.He is ready to save evry sinner that asks for it.[/center]
           [center]www.dword4us..com[/center]
Re: Jesus Forgives A Woman Taken In Adultery: Should This Be In The Bible? by gbemiga1(m): 10:12pm On Jun 05, 2008
[center]The point I want you to see is the lesson you learn from it. The story simply shows that God is A loving God. He is always ready to forgive anybody that comes to him.
 Forget about the past.He is ready to save evry sinner that asks for it.[/center]
         [center] [center]www.dword4us..com[/center]
Re: Jesus Forgives A Woman Taken In Adultery: Should This Be In The Bible? by huxley(m): 10:41pm On Jun 05, 2008
gbemiga1:

[center]The point I want you to see is the lesson you learn from it. The story simply shows that God is A loving God. He is always ready to forgive anybody that comes to him.
Forget about the past.He is ready to save evry sinner that asks for it.[/center]
[center] [center]www.dword4us..com[/center]

By this standard, would it be OK for me to make up a story now about Jesus and have it added into the bible? Just as the inventor of the "Woman caught in Adultery" story made up this story to make a point, I would be equally justified in making one up to make a moral or theological point.

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