Byzantine priority theory
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The Byzantine priority theory is a theory within Christian textual criticism held by a minority of textual critics. This view sees the Byzantine text-type as the New Testament's most accurate textual
John William Burgon was a famous advocate of the Byzantine priority theory.
Codex Alexandrinus, dated to around A.D. 400 to 440, the oldest Greek witness of the Byzantine text in the Gospels.
Jesus and the woman taken in adultery is a passage found in John 7:53–8:11 of the New Testament. It is considered by many to be pseudepigraphical.
Byzantine priority theory
…is in contrast to those who advocate the King James Only or the Textus Receptus Only theories, whose argumentative basis is primarily theological. The Pericope Adulterae (John 7:53–8:11) is a major variant defended as authentic by those who affirm the Byzantine priority theory. They suggest there are points of similarity…
Christ with the Woman Taken in Adultery, by Guercino, 1621 (Dulwich Picture Gallery)
Christ and Sinner, 1873 by Henryk Siemiradzki
Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery, 1565 by Pieter Bruegel, oil on panel, 24 cm × 34 cm (9.4 in × 13.4 in)
Christ and the woman taken in adultery, drawing by Rembrandt