Il passo più controverso del Nuovo Testamento — l’adultera. La Peshitta lo conserva, il greco più antico lo omette, e nondimeno è universalmente amato.
8:1 “Jesus went unto the mount of Olives.”
8:2 “And early in the morning he came again into the temple, and all the people came unto him; and he sat down, and taught them.”
8:3 “And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a woman taken in adultery; and when they had set her in the midst,”
8:4 “They say unto him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act.”
8:5 “Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should be stoned: but what sayest thou?”
8:6 “This they said, tempting him, that they might have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground, as though he heard them not.”
8:7 “So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.”
8:8 “And again he stooped down, and wrote on the ground.”
8:9 “And they which heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, even unto the last: and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst.”
8:10 “When Jesus had lifted up himself, and saw none but the woman, he said unto her, Woman, where are those thine accusers? hath no man condemned thee?”
8:11 “She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more.”
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