pericope

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In the oldest Greek MS which contains this pericope, the Codex Bezæ, the words 'taken in adultery' are read 'taken in sin.'

From Essays on the work entitled "Supernatural Religion" by Lightfoot, Joseph Barber

Theophylact, I say, ignores the pericope de adultera—passes it by, I mean,—exactly as do Chrysostom and Cyril.

From The Causes of the Corruption of the Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels Being the Sequel to The Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels by Miller, Edward

It contains the pericope de adultera in St. John, but in the Vulgate, not the Old Latin, text. r2.

From A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. II. by Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose

The pericope in question occurs, in most authorities which contain it, after vii.

From Essays on the work entitled "Supernatural Religion" by Lightfoot, Joseph Barber

The pericope is observed to stand in situ in Codd. b c e ff2 g h j.

From The Causes of the Corruption of the Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels Being the Sequel to The Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels by Miller, Edward