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Q&A: John 8:1-11 (woman caught in adultery) is very likely a true story/memory of Jesus but probably not originally part of John's Gospel. It appears in different locations in manuscripts. Most translations bracket it.

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Q&A — John 8:1-11 textual criticism

Mike explains that scribes preserved this story by inserting it into various locations in manuscripts. Only two major passages have this kind of textual question: the ending of Mark and John 8:1-11. Brackets in modern Bibles indicate likely non-original material. This doesn't undermine the Bible — it shows careful textual scholarship. Braxton adds that skeptics overstate the significance.

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