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Trinity, nothing in the former supports any such notion (see Figure 17.3).
In fact the literal translation is 'a unique God', though it is never given as
such."

Figure 17.3: Manuscript ~ 75 (Bodmer Papyrus XIV-xTj written in uncial script,
slwwingJohn 1:16-33.linefivefromthe wp can be translated aseither "the On[y One,
God" or"God, the on[y begotten". Printed liJitlz Bihliotheca Bodmenana's kindpermission.

Additional divergence came about through intentional and unintentional
alterations in the text, creating variants in some particularly sensitivepassages.
Examples include:
• John 1:18. The line anon[y One, God (or its alternate reading God, the
onlY begotten) has a variant, the onlY begotten Son. 37
• John 1:34. TheSon if God also has the variant the chosen One ofGod.38
• John 7:53-8:11. The entire story ofJesus and the adulteress woman
is,with a single exception, not present in any Greek manuscript until
the ninth century - but is now included in all versions of the New
Testament due to its fame, though generally ending in a cautionary
footnote."

36 Comfort, p. 105.
37 ibid, p. 105.
38 ibid, p. 107.
39 ibid,p. 115.