by Chris Thomas | Jul 22, 2026
Passage: John 8:54Received reading: “My Father … of whom ye say, that he is your God.”Principal competing reading: “My Father … of whom you say, ‘He is our God.’”Editorial status: Preliminary record accepted for staging; independent review remains pending.A single...
by Chris Thomas | Jul 22, 2026
Passage: John 8:7–9Received reading: The hearers are convicted by their own conscience and depart from the eldest to the last.Principal competing reading: Shorter forms omit “by their own conscience,” “even unto the last,” or other details while retaining the...
by Chris Thomas | Jul 22, 2026
Passage: John 8:10–11Received reading: “Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more.”Principal competing reading: The pericope is omitted as a unit, while included forms vary in the questions, the term for condemn, and smaller narrative details.Editorial status:...
by Chris Thomas | Jul 22, 2026
Passage: John 8:44Received reading: *Ouk hestēken en tē alētheia*, rendered “he abode not in the truth.”Principal competing reading: The SBLGNT has the same perfect verb with a spelling form of the negative; translations often say “does not stand.”Editorial status:...
by Chris Thomas | Jul 22, 2026
Passage: John 7:53–8:2Received reading: John 7:53–8:2 forms the opening movement of the pericope.Principal competing reading: John 7:52 is followed immediately by John 8:12, leaving the feast discourse uninterrupted.Editorial status: Preliminary record accepted for...
