João 8

3 Now the scribes and the Pharisees brought to him a woman*Some manuscripts have "brought a woman" caught in adultery. And standing her in their midst, 4 they said to him, testing him,*Some manuscripts omit "testing him" "Teacher, this woman was caught in the very act of committing adultery! 5 Now in the law, Moses commanded us to stone such women. So what do you say?" 6 (Now they were saying this to test him, so that they would have an occasion**Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation to bring charges against him.) But Jesus, bending down, began to write**The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here ("began to write") with his**Literally "the"; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun finger on the ground, taking no notice.*Some manuscripts omit "taking no notice"7 And when they persisted in asking him, straightening up he said*Some manuscripts have "he straightened up and said" to them, "The one of you without sin, let him throw the first stone at her!" 8 And bending down again, he wrote on the ground. 9 Now when they**Here "when" is supplied as a component of the participle ("heard") which is understood as temporal heard it,**Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation being convicted by their conscience,*Some manuscripts omit "being convicted by their conscience" they began to depart,**The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here ("began to depart") one by one, beginning with the older ones, and Jesus*Some manuscripts have "he" was left alone—and the woman who was in their midst. 10 So Jesus, straightening up and seeing no one except the woman,*Some manuscripts omit "and seeing no one except the woman" said to her, "Where are those accusers of yours?*Some manuscripts have "said to her, ‘Woman, where are they?" Does no one condemn you?" 11 And she said, "No one, Lord." So Jesus said, "Neither do I condemn you. Go, and*Some manuscripts have "and from now on" sin no more."〛*John 7:53–8:11 is not found in the earliest and best manuscripts and was almost certainly not an original part of the Gospel of John; one significant group of Greek manuscripts places it after Luke 21:38