New English Bible — Christian Debate https://christiandiscourse.net/index.php?p=/ Mon, 13 Apr 2026 14:08:51 +0000 en New English Bible — Christian Debate The Missing Story: Why? https://christiandiscourse.net/index.php?p=/discussion/995/the-missing-story-why Sun, 14 Nov 2021 08:44:22 +0000 Apologetics C Mc 995@/index.php?p=/discussions John 8:1-11 in the King James Version tells the story of the woman taken in adultery. This story is not included in John 8 of the New English Bible. Instead, a footnote refers the reader to the end of the Gospel of John. The story appears as a kind of appendix.

The New International Version begins the Gospel of John with a note saying that the earliest and most reliable manuscripts do not include John 7:53–8:11. Is it a true story? Does it appear in any Greek New Testament manuscripts? Do any of the Church Fathers write about the missing passage or story? Why would the NEB leave out a story about adultery? CM

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