<Li> Some medieval manuscripts in which the pericope adulterae does not appear after John 7: 52 (such as Codex Lambda, and several minuscules) mention that the passage was found in ancient copies . </Li> <Li> In minuscule 565 and related copies, a note states that although the pericope adulterae was found following John 7: 52, it was moved to the end of the Gospel of John . Several of these manuscripts also feature the "Jerusalem Colophon" which states that they were descended from, or proof - read with, ancient copies at Jerusalem . </Li> <P> Palestinian Aramaic evidence clearly shows that before it was made, the pericope adulterae had been transferred to the end of the Gospel of John . </P> <Ul> <Li> In many of the manuscripts in which asterisks or other marks appear in the margin alongside the passage, the marks do not accompany 7: 52 - 8: 2, but only 8: 3 - 11, thus indicating where to find the lection for the Feast - day of St. Pelagia; the notion that the asterisks in these copies were intended to express scribal doubt is a misunderstanding of the lectionary apparatus . </Li> <Li> Without 7: 53--8: 11 in the text, John's narrative shifts abruptly from a scene in which the religious leaders are gathered in their own meeting (in 7: 52), to a scene (in 8: 12--20) in which Jesus is teaching in the temple - treasury . </Li> <Li> It is intrinsically unlikely that anyone would begin a "floating" anecdote with the sentence, "And everyone went to his own house ." </Li> </Ul>

When was the story of the adulterous woman added to the bible