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John 8:10


Footnote:

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The Woman

According to the older, more reliable manuscripts, there is a definite article attached to the word "woman" meaning "the Woman". The bad habit of downplaying the woman by those men in charge of handling the transmission of the letters likely led to later copies removing the definite article, giving the words a condescending effect, when they should be uplifting.

ΚΑΤΑ ΙΩΑΝΝΗΝ 8:10 Greek NT: Nestle 1904 ἀνακύψας δὲ ὁ Ἰησοῦς, καὶ μηδένα θεασάμενος πλὴν τὴς γυναικὸς, εἶπεν αὐτῇ, γυνὴ, ποῦ εἰσιν ἐκεῖνοι οἱ κατήγοροί σου; οὐδείς σε κατέκρινεν;

This "calling out" to "the Woman" or shall we say, "THE woman", is done elsewhere such as in Matthew 15:28.