You will see in the English Standard Version (ESV) of the Bible that John 7:53-8:11 does not appear in the earliest copies we have of the Bible. The ESV has this whole section in brackets. The brackets signal this passage is not really there. Some translations have even relegated it to the footnotes (e.g., RSV). So why is this beloved passage excluded from the main … [Read more...] about On Excluding John 7:53-8:11