I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness but will have the light of life.—John 8:12

Our pathway is to follow Jesus who also lights our pathway. This text follows an interesting story that some people would like to remove from the Gospel of John because they think it gives a light view of sin, adultery in particular. But this story belongs here because it fits the pattern of John’s Gospel.

This controversy has existed for a long time. The earliest manuscripts of the New Testament that exist today are from around A.D. 300. Some ancient manuscripts leave out this story of the woman found here. But then copiers put it in at the end of the Gospel. It appears their conscience was against leaving it out altogether …

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