tyolilums wrote:
(trying to find examples of Pharisee hypocrisy in the GT) Then there is the account of stoning the woman for adultery. That is presented in a way that apparently she was used (set up) in order to trap Jsus. That doesn't sound very godly.

It doesn't sound plausible, let alone godly.

The text in question appears in John 8. (References help, Ty).

John 8:1-11 where this tale appears doesn't show up in early manuscripts of the Greek Text. "The New Testament, Part 2" (Bart D. Ehrman). The story was considered a forgery until the Council of Trent (in the 19th century!) codified it. The RSV excluded the text and just put it in the footnotes. The NRSV put it back into the body of the text. . .

In other words, Ty, this is another made up story to make the Jews look bad. Aside from the fact that the Romans were running Judea and would not have allowed a rabble to kill someone, ignoring the fact that this is against Jewish law -- the fact is it DOESN'T APPEAR IN YOUR OWN BIBLE until much later!

None of the early manuscripts have it at all (P66, P74, P45. . .). P66 is the oldest manuscript of John and it doesn't have this, Ty. The Codexes Sinaticus and Vaticanus (from which the modern GT comes and date to the 4th century CE) both exclude it.

So this seems to be another made up story, just like the washing of the hands tale.

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And everything that Sarah tells you, listen to her voice. Bereshit (Genesis) 21:12
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