¹⁶ When all Israel^(A) saw that the king refused to listen to them, they answered the king:

So all the Israelites went home.

¹⁹ So Israel has been in rebellion against the house of David to this day.

Sheba Rebels Against David

20 Now a troublemaker named Sheba son of Bikri, a Benjamite, happened to be there. He sounded the trumpet and shouted,

¹⁶ “I, Jesus,^(A) have sent my angel^(B) to give you^[a] this testimony for the churches.^(C) I am the Root^(D) and the Offspring of David,^(E) and the bright Morning Star.”^(F)

²⁵ For he must reign^(A) until he has put all his enemies under his feet.^(B)

³⁰ But he was a prophet and knew that God had promised him on oath that he would place one of his descendants on his throne.^(A)

[The earliest manuscripts and many other ancient witnesses do not have John 7:53—8:11. A few manuscripts include these verses, wholly or in part, after John 7:36, John 21:25, Luke 21:38 or Luke 24:53.]

⁵³ Then they all went home,

⁶⁶ From this time many of his disciples^(A) turned back and no longer followed him.

²⁷ But those enemies of mine who did not want me to be king over them—bring them here and kill them in front of me.’”

Israel’s Restoration

¹¹ “In that day