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

The Woman Caught in Adultery

[[They went each to his own house,

The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery, and placing her in the midst

they said to him, “Teacher, this woman has been caught in the act of adultery.

Nevertheless, I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I go away, for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you.

It was Caiaphas who had advised the Jews that it would be expedient that one man should die for the people.