John 8:11

The Now

John 8:11 

Greek NT: Westcott and Hort 1881 ἡ δὲ εἶπεν Οὐδείς, κύριε. εἶπεν δὲ ὁ Ἰησοῦς Οὐδὲ ἐγώ σε κατακρίνω· πορεύου, ἀπὸ τοῦ νῦν μηκέτι ἁμάρτανε.

Some manuscripts ommited this clause likely because of the confusing nature of it: "away from the Now". What sense does it make to put a definite article "the" with the word "now" or the use of the preposition "away from"?

Seen in the light of the target of the eternal, it makes perfect sense. The center bullseye is "now". The center of cyclical time would be a definitive, specific "Now" and not merely one of many indefinite "moments".