Chapter 8

Ethan leads the eleventh class in the study of John through John 7:53-8:30, opening not with the story but with the brackets around it: why modern translations flag these verses, how the manuscripts differ, and why he thinks the passage still belongs. He then reads the scene as a deliberate trap: Rome had taken capital punishment away from the Jewish leaders, so either answer Jesus gave could be used against him. The second half covers 'I am the light of the world' and the question of who bears witness to Jesus, and the class ends in a long exchange about how careful Christians should be in judging one another.