'It shall begin' (say they) 'at the thirty-seventh verse of St.John vii, and conclude with the twelfth verse of St.John viii.

But so much of it as relates to the breaking up of the Sanhedrin,--to the withdrawal of our Lord to the Mount of Olives,--and to His return next morning to the Temple,--had better not be read.

It disturbs the unity of the narrative.
So also had the incident of the woman taken in adultery better not be read.

It is inappropriate to the Pentecostal Festival.' The Authors of the great Oriental Liturgy therefore admit that they find the disputed verses in their copies: and thus they vouch for their genuineness.

For none will doubt that, had they regarded them as a spurious accretion to the inspired page, they would have said so plainly.