53-viii

Updated: July 18, 2025

It is that touching apologue, with its profound ethical sense, of the woman taken in adultery which, if internal evidence were an infallible guide, might well be affirmed to be a typical example of the teachings of Jesus. Yet, say the revisers, pitilessly, "Most of the ancient authorities omit John vii. 53-viii. 11."

Thomas Henry Huxley - Lectures and Essays