Evidently there is controversy of John 7:53-8:11 or better known as the story about the adulteress woman who was about to be stoned to death, and Jesus said, "If any one of you is without sin, let him be the first to throw a stone at her."
Did you know that there was question about the validity of these verses being placed in the Bible? I didn't, and when I was reading this morning, I noticed a special notation in my Study Bible that sent me on a hunt for the background of what's really going on here.
In my NIV Study Bible, listed before these verses is a notation that says, "The earliest manuscripts and many other ancient witnesses do not have John 7:53-8:11."
So, I sat back and went, "HUH?!" Because I feel like this is one of those REALLY well known stories of Jesus' works while he was on the earth.
From what I've found, I think it's safe to still consider this as a Biblical truth, but I think it's very likely that it wasn't actually written by John. Could have been, but I think, it's just not known for sure where this piece was derived though there is high confidence that it came from one of the apostles.
I'm attaching a link that I felt was very thorough in its explanation behind these verses, and they quoted this one verse from John that made me giggle:
"Jesus did many other things as well. If every one of them were written down, I suppose that even the whole world would not have room for the books that would be written." John 21:25 (NIV) :)
Also, I checked my other versions of the Bible that I have in my house, and my KJV did not have this notation. I appreciate at least having the notation that this piece may or may not be included correctly. If we are going to take the Bible for what it says, we need to understand as best as we can the origins of the things we've placed in it.
Here's the link that I told you about:
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