Was The Gospel of John Chapter 8:1-11 added to the Scriptures or Not? There is definitely a debate among many individuals that this particular passage was added, nonetheless I believe it wasn’t. In addition, it demonstrates God’s Grace, Mercy , and Forgiveness when we look to Jesus to save us from ourselves and sin in contrast to hypocrisy, self-righteousness, and condemnation. Also, Jesus didn’t condone her behavior and even told her to go and sin no more. Furthermore, he didn’t allow her to be stoned to death by exposing the wicked intent and attempt of the religious leaders who were trying to set a trap for Him; plus, condemn the woman without seeing or ignoring their own contamination of sin. Those who favor the inclusion of the story as being an actual historical and factual event of the woman taken in adultery point to the sheer number of Greek manuscripts that contain the passage. They explain its omission in early manuscripts were an attempt by overzealous church leaders to prevent misunderstandings. More Additional Commentary Those Who Favor Inclusion Of The Passage Here is the theory of those who favor inclusion: “John wrote the passage just as it appears in the Textus Receptus. However, later church leaders deemed the passage morally dangerous—since Jesus forgives the woman, wives might think they could commit adultery and get away with it.” “So, the church leaders tampered with the Word of God and removed the passage. To leave the passage in, they reasoned, would be to make Jesus seem “soft” on adultery. Later scribes, following the lead of the Holy Spirit, re-inserted the pericope because it should never have been removed in the first place.” Those Who Favor Exclusion Of The Passage However, many take the position and believe that it is not supported by the best manuscript evidence. Therefore, they believe there is serious doubt as to whether it should be included in the Bible or not. In closing, I respectfully disagree with individuals who believe the passage was added later and those same individual can respectfully disagree with me if it was a part of the Scriptures originally and not added later. Nonetheless our Salvation won’t be threatened or hindered if we believe it was added or not. References and additional commentary 1. @livelistenlearnandgrowforjesus 2. https://www.gotquestions.org/