Textual variant
The woman taken in adultery
The account of the woman taken in adultery is absent from part of the manuscript tradition, and where present it appears at more than one location in the Gospels. Its position and its presence both vary.
Variant, not contradiction
Variant unit
Manuscript- Unit
- John 7:53–8:11
- Passages
- John 5:4
- Readings recorded
- 3
Text as seeded
TextThe passage text CodexTrace holds, in the seeded translation.
For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water: whosoever then first after the troubling of the water stepped in was made whole of whatsoever disease he had.
Readings
ManuscriptIncluded at John 7:53–8:11
The passage stands in its familiar position in the Gospel of John.
Absent
The text moves directly from John 7:52 to John 8:12.
Placed elsewhere
The passage appears at other points in the tradition, including elsewhere in John and in Luke. CodexTrace has not curated the distribution of these placements.
Witness evidence
ManuscriptManuscripts, versions and citations supporting each reading, with the source each entry came from.
Research pending. CodexTrace has not curated a witness list for this variant unit, and does not approximate one — an unverified siglum is indistinguishable from a verified one to most readers. Curating this requires attaching witness rows, each with its own source record.
Translation and interpretive impact
InterpretationTranslation impact
Most modern translations include the passage with a bracket or a note; the King James Version prints it without marking.
Interpretive impact
The passage is frequently cited in discussion of Jesus and the law, so its textual status bears directly on arguments that use it.
Manuscript resources
ManuscriptManuscript evidence has not yet been curated for this record.
Linked contradiction records
AnalysisClaims whose tension may be explained, in whole or part, by this variant.
No contradiction record is linked to this variant.
Sources
Source- [1]
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