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[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,

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An Adulteress Faces the Light of the World

53 [a]And everyone went to his own house.

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Footnotes

  1. John 7:53 NU brackets 7:53 through 8:11 as not in the original text. They are present in over 900 mss. of John.

53 And every man went unto his own house.

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53 [[[a]And everyone went to his home.

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  1. John 7:53 Later mss add the story of the adulterous woman, numbering it as John 7:53-8:11

[The earliest manuscripts do not include 7:53–8:11.][a]

The Woman Caught in Adultery

[[53 They went each to his own house,

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Footnotes

  1. John 7:53 Some manuscripts do not include 7:53–8:11; others add the passage here or after 7:36 or after 21:25 or after Luke 21:38, with variations in the text