S7E28: The Woman Caught in Adultery | Did ThisStory Really Happen? | John 7:53–8:11

25/11/2025 58 min Temporada 7 Episodio 28

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In this episode of the Jesus Everyday Podcast, Ethan Callison, Andrew McPheron, Josh Horne, and FCC Elder Jake Preston tackle one of the most talked-about — and most misunderstood —passages in the New Testament: the woman caught in adultery (John 7:53–8:11).Most modern Bibles place this section in brackets, with a note that it does not appear in the earliest manuscripts of John. So the team begins by asking:Why is this story bracketed? Is it Scripture? Did Jesus really do this?And if it’s not original to John… why does the church still read it?This becomes a rich conversation on textual criticism,the manuscript tradition, oral history, the trustworthiness of Scripture, the witness of the early church, and how Jesus’ character shines through the story whether or not John originally penned it.💬 In this episode, theteam discusses:📜 1. Why this passage isbracketed in your Bible📚 2. What textual criticism actually is (and isn’t)🧾 3. Why the early churchbelieved this story really happened🪨 4. The Trap, the Shame,and the Wisdom of Jesus❤️ 5. What this passage revealsabout Jesus🙏 6. How this confronts our self-righteousnessResource: Apologetics Canada: Can I Trust the Bible https://tinyurl.com/4d4ms58p  🌊 Theme:Jesus meets the sinner in compassion, confronts the self-righteous with truth, and invites all of us to stand in the grace He purchased at the cross.