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In this episode, we tackle one of the most common objections to the Bible—“it’s just the telephone game”—and explain why that analogy fails. We break down how the New Testament was preserved through public, written, one-to-many copying across multiple “families” of manuscripts, why that actually increases confidence (instead of compounding errors), and why John 7:53–8:11 (the woman caught in adultery) appears in brackets in many modern Bibles. We also talk about manuscript count, early fragments, and how textual criticism helps us get back to what the apostles originally wrote. #biblestudy #TextualCriticism #NewTestament #Manuscripts #GospelOfJohn #ChristianPodcast #Apologetics #John8 #ReliabilityOfTheBible #WomanCaughtInAdultery
By Stephen Joffer and Ben JofferIn this episode, we tackle one of the most common objections to the Bible—“it’s just the telephone game”—and explain why that analogy fails. We break down how the New Testament was preserved through public, written, one-to-many copying across multiple “families” of manuscripts, why that actually increases confidence (instead of compounding errors), and why John 7:53–8:11 (the woman caught in adultery) appears in brackets in many modern Bibles. We also talk about manuscript count, early fragments, and how textual criticism helps us get back to what the apostles originally wrote. #biblestudy #TextualCriticism #NewTestament #Manuscripts #GospelOfJohn #ChristianPodcast #Apologetics #John8 #ReliabilityOfTheBible #WomanCaughtInAdultery