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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_8
Read on the Pericope Adulterae. The two beliefs are
1. It was not in the original, it was stuck in by as scribe who knew the story but needed a place to put it
>it’s not in the oldest manuscripts
>the narrative around it is cohesive if you remove it
2. It was in the original, but was removed by people fearing it could lead women to commit adultery
>it is extant in many manuscripts, even though they are not the oldest
>many ancient people make that claim