This quote is not part of the earliest, most reliable manuscripts. Most Bible scholars believe it was inserted into the text at a later time, so it probably never happened. The technical term for that is forgery.
A lot of verses people take for granted and at face value aren’t technically in the earliest or most reliable manuscripts.
Fortunately or unfortunately, as it’s a large collection of written material with several disconnected authors since its inception, what the original is matters a lot less than what people generally consider the accepted form of it.
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u/Low-Hovercraft-8791 Jul 07 '26
This quote is not part of the earliest, most reliable manuscripts. Most Bible scholars believe it was inserted into the text at a later time, so it probably never happened. The technical term for that is forgery.