Author and Reformed theologian John Piper is weighing in on whether it’s acceptable to disregard scripture passages not in the original New Testament manuscripts.
In a Wednesday episode of “Ask Pastor John” he was asked by a listener what to do about theologians who don’t believe that the John 7:53–8:11 — the account of the woman caught in adultery where Christ tells those accusing and ready to stone her “He that is without sin among you, let him cast the first stone” at her — should be included in the Bible.
The passage does not appear in the oldest Greek manuscripts available and this revelation had shaken the confidence of the listener in the English Bible. His Muslim friends assert that the fact the bit is missing from the originals is proof of the Bible’s corruption.
Piper replied that while he agrees that the story was not likely part of the Gospel of John originally, he believes the New Testament can be trusted.
“Number one, the traditional Muslim claim that the text of the New Testament has been corrupted, and that behind the text of the New Testament there was another text in which Jesus did not die on the cross, there…
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