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The Unbelief of the Jewish Leaders

John 7:53

Why translations differ here

The woman caught in adultery: part of John? The story of the woman caught in adultery is accepted as Scripture by the Catholic Church, printed in the Orthodox Church's Greek text and in Protestant Bibles, and has been read in worship since at least the fifth century; scholars of every tradition call it a genuinely ancient story about Jesus.

In 9 translations

BSB
Then each went to his own home.
KJV
And every man went unto his own house.
WEB
Everyone went to his own house,
ASV
[And they went every man unto his own house:
LSV
and each one went on to his house, but Jesus went on to the Mount of Olives.
YLT
and each one went on to his house, but Jesus went on to the mount of the Olives.
DBY
And every one went to his home.
DRC
And every man returned to his own house.
GNV
And euery man wet vnto his owne house.

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Where the editions differ

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  • In STEPBible’s comparison, NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, Westcott–Hort, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include Καὶ (“{8.1} And”); SBLGNT (2010), Tregelles do not include this wording. Double brackets mark a passage whose place in the text is disputed.
  • Tyndale House, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read ἐπορεύθη (“he went”); NA28, NA27, Westcott–Hort read ἐπορεύθησαν (“they went”).
  • In STEPBible’s comparison, NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, Westcott–Hort, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include ἕκαστος εἰς τὸν οἶκον αὐτοῦ (“each to the home of him”); SBLGNT (2010), Tregelles do not include this wording.

Edition differences: STEP Bible, based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). Names and codes expanded; consecutive words grouped. Comparisons follow the editions used by the source; see version details.

Original-language editions

SBLGNT
⟦καὶ ἐπορεύθη ἕκαστος εἰς τὸν οἶκον αὐτοῦ·
RP2018
Καὶ ἐπορεύθη ἕκαστος εἰς τὸν οἶκον αὐτοῦ·
TR-Boyd
Καὶ ἐπορεύθη ἕκαστος εἰς τὸν οἶκον αὐτοῦ·
SCR1894
και επορευθη εκαστος εις τον οικον αυτου

Who and where

◆ Woman Caught in Adultery

People, places and events the Theographic dataset links to this verse.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Psalms 33:10The LORD frustrates the plans of the nations; He thwarts the devices of the peoples.
  • Job 5:12–13He thwarts the schemes of the crafty, so that their hands find no success. He catches the wise in their craftiness, and sweeps away the plans of the cunning.
  • Psalms 76:5The valiant lie plundered; they sleep their last sleep. No men of might could lift a hand.
  • Psalms 76:10Even the wrath of man shall praise You; with the survivors of wrath You will clothe Yourself.

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).

Verse numbering differs between Bibles
  • Some manuscripts have no text at 7:53–8:11.

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