TEXT
OF
THE
NEW
TESTAMENT
in
1757.
It
contains
the
whole
Greek
Bible,
with
the
ex-ception
of
40
lost
leaves
(containing
Mt
l»-258,
Jn
e^o-S^^
2
Co
4^^126);
it
also
originally
contained
the
two
Epistles
of
Clement
and
the
Psalms
of
Solomon,
but
the
Psalms
and
the
conclusion
of
the
Second
Epistle
have
disappeared,
together
with
one
leaf
from
the
First
Epistle.
The
text
of
the
NT
is
written
by
three
scribes,
with
two
columns
to
the
page;
there
are
many
corrections
by
the
original
flcribes
and
by
an
almost
contemporary
reviser
(A*).
B.
Codex
Vaticanus,
No.
1209
in
the
Vatican
Library
at
Rome,
where
it
has
been
since
about
1481.
It
is
probably
the
oldest
and
the
best
extant
MS
of
the
Greek
NT,
and
its
evidence
is
largely
responsible
for
the
changes
of
text
embodied
in
the
English
RV.
It
is
written
in
a
small,
neat
uncial,
probably
of
the
4th
cent.,
with
three
columns
to
the
page.
It
originally
contained
the
whole
Bible
(except
the
Books
of
Maccabees),
possibly
with
addi-tional
books,
like
X
and
A;
but
it
has
lost
from
He
9"
to
the
end
of
the
NT,
including
the
Pastoral
Epistles
(but
not
the
Catholic
Epistles,
which
follow
the
Acts
and
hence
have
escaped)
and
Apocalypse.
C.
Codex
Ephraemi,
in
the
Bibliothfeque
Nationale
at
Paris.
This
is
a
palimpsest,
i.e.
a
manuscript
of
which
the
original
writing
has
been
partially
washed
or
scraped
off
the
vellum
in
order
to
use
it
again
to
receive
other
writing.
In
this
case
the
original
writing
was
the
text
of
the
Greek
Bible,
written
in
the
5th
cent.,
in
one
broad
column
to
the
page;
and
this
was
sacrificed
in
the
12th
cent,
in
order
to
inscribe
on
the
same
vellum
some
treatises
by
St.Ephraem
of
Syria,
Only
64
leaves
of
the
OT
now
survive,
and
145
of
the
NT
(out
of
238)
;
and
often
it
is
impossible
to
decipher
the
original
writing.
The
MS
is
therefore
only
fitfully
and
intermittently
of
service.
D.
Codex
Bezae,
in
the
University
Library
at
Cambridge,
to
which
it
was
presented
in
1581
by
Theodore
Beza,
-who
obtained
it
in
1562
from
the
monastery
of
St.
Irenceus
at
Lyons.
It
contains
the
Gospels
and
Acts,
in
Greek
and
Latin,
the
former
occupying
the
left-hand
pages
and
the
latter
the
right.
It
is
mutilated,
Ac
22^9
to
end
being
lost,
together
with
all,
except
a
few
words
of
the
Catholic
Epistles,
wmch
followed.
It
is
generally
assigned
to
the
6th
cent.,
though
some
would
place
it
in
the
5th.
Its
place
of
origin
has
been
variously
supposed
to
be
southern
France,
southern
or
western
Italy,
or
Sardinia,
but
the
evidence
is
not
decisive
in
favour
of
any
of
these.
Its
text
is
very
remarkable,
containing
a
large
number
of
additions
and
some
notable
omissions
as
compared
with
the
TR;
in
some
places
the
Latin
version
seems
to
have
been
accommodated
to
the
Greek,
and
in
others
the
Greek
to
the
Latin.
As
will
be
shown
below,
its
type
of
text
belongs
to
a
family
of
which
the
other
principal
representatives
are
the
Old
Latin
and
Old
Syriac
versions.
1)2.
Codex
Claromontanus,
in
the
Bibliothfeque
Nationale
at
Paris.
Contains
the
Pauline
Epistles
in
Greek
and
Latin,
written
probably
in
the
6th
century.
The
Latin
text
is
practically
independent
of
the
Greek.
Before
the
Epistle
to
the
Hebrews
is
a
list
of
the
books
of
the
NT,
with
the
number
of
stichoi
(or
normal
lines
of
16
syllables
each)
in
each
of
them,
which
must
be
descended
from
a
very
early
archetype,
since
it
places
the
books
in
an
unusual
order,
and
includes
in
the
list
several
uncanonical
books
(cf.
de-scriptions
of
N
and
A);
the
order
is
Mt.,
Jn.,Mk.,Lk.,
Ro.,
1
and2
Cor.,
Gal.,
Eph.,
1
and2Tim.,Tit.,Col.,Philem.,
1
and
2
Pet.,
Ja.,
1,
2,
3
Jn.,
Jude,
Bamabsis,
Apoc,
Acts.
Hermas,
Acts
of
Paul,
Apoc.
of
Peter
(Th.,
He.,
and
Phil,
being
omitted).
The
MS
was
in
the
monastery
of
Clermont,
whence
it
was
acquired
by
Beza,
who
was
also
owner
of
D.
It
may
probably
have
been
written
in
Italy.
Other
Grseco-Latin
MSS
of
the
Pauline
Epistles
are
E3
F2
G3,
which
all
go
back
to
the
same
archetype
as
Dj.
E2.
Codex
Laudianus,
in
the
Bodleian
Library
at
Oxford.
Contains
the
Acts,
in
(jreek
and
Latin,
the
latter
holding
the
place
of
precedence
on
the
left.
Probably
7th
cent.;
was
in
Sardinia
at
an
early
date,
and
may
have
been
written
there;
thence
came
to
England
(probably
with
Theodore
of
Tarsus
in
669),
and
was
used
by
Bede.
The
Greek
text
is
somewhat
akin
to
that
of
D;
the
Latin
has
been
accom-modated
to
the
Greek,
and
is
of
little
independent
value.
It
is
the
earliest
MS
extant
that
contains
Ac
8^'^,
though
the
veree
was
in
existence
in
the
time
of
Irenieus
(late
2nd
century).
H3.
Codex
Coislinianus
202.
Fragmentary
remains
of
a
copy
of
the
Pauline
Epistles,
written
in
the
6th
(or
perhaps
the
7th)
century.
Originally
at
Mt.
Athos,
in
the
Laura
monastery,
where
8
leaves
still
remain.
The
rest
was
used
as
material
for
binding
MSS,
which
became
scattered
in
various
quarters;
22
leaves
areat
Paris;
3
each
at
St.
Peters-burg,
Moscow,
and
KiefE;
and
2
at
Turin,
The
text
of
22
more
pages
has
been
more
or
less
completely
recovered
from
TEXT
OF
THE
NEW
TESTAMENT
the
'set-off'
which
they
have
left
on
the
surviving
leaves.
The
MS
represents
the
text
of
the
Pauline
Epistles
as
edited
by
Euthauus
of
Sulca
in
the
4th
century.
L.
Codex
Regius,
in
the
BibliothfequeiNationale
at
Pans.
Contains
the
Gospels;
of
the
8th
century.
It
is
remarkable
as
containing
the
shorter
conclusion
of
Mk.
(see
RVm)
as
well
as
the
usual
longer
one
(16^-20);
and
its
readings
often
agree
with
those
of
B
against
TR.
N.
Codex
Petropolitanus.
Contains
the
Gospels,
written
in
large
silver
letters
on
purple
vellum,
in
the
6th
century.
Forty-five
leaves
have
long
been
known
(33
at
Patmos,
6
in
the
Vatican,
4
in
the
British
Museum,
and
2
at
Vienna)
;
and
182
more
leaves
came
to
light
in
1896
in
Asia
Minor,
and
are
now
at
St.
Petersburg.
Rather
less
than
half
the
original
MS
is
now
extant,
including
portions
of
all
Gospels.
The
MS
forms
part
of
a
group
with
three
other
purple
MSS,
S,
2b,and
4>,all
probably
having
been
originally
produced
at
(Constantinople,
and
descended
from
a
single
not
remote
ancestor.
R.
Codex
Nitriensis,
in
the
British
Museum.
A
palimp-sest
copy
of
Lk.
of
the
6th
cent.,
imperfect.
The
text
differs
frequently
from
the
TR.
T.
A
number
of
fragments
from
Egypt,
mostly
bilingual,
in
Greek
and
Coptic
(Sahidic).
The
most
important
(T
or
T*
in
the
library
of
the
Propaganda
at
Rome)
consists
of
17
leaves
from.
Lk.
and
Jn,,
of
the
5th
cent,,
with
a
text
closely
akin
to
that
of
B
andji^.
T^
(otherwise
099)
has
the
double
ending
to
Mark.
Z.
Codex
Dublinensis,
at
Trinity
College,
Dublin.
A
palimpsest,
containing
296
verses
of
Mt.,
of
the
6th
cent,,
probably
from
Egypt,
with
a
text
akin
toj^.
A.
Codex
Tischendorfianus
III,,
in
the
Bodleian
Library
at
Oxford.
Contains
Lk,
and
Jn,,
of
the
9th
cent,;
Mt,
and
Mk.,written
in
minuscules,
are
at
St,Petersburg
(Evan,
566).
This
MS
is
chiefly
notable
for
a
subscription
stating
that
its
text
was
derived
'from
the
ancient
copies
at
Jerusalem.'
Similar
subscriptions
are
found
in
about
12
minuscule
MSS.
2.
Codex
Rossanensis,
at
Rossano
in
Calabria,
6th
century.
Contains
Mt.
and
Mk.,
written
in
silver
letters
on
purple
vellum,
with
illustrations.
Its
text
is
closely
akin
to
that
of
N,
both
being
probably
copies
of
the
same
original.
St'
(in
future
to
be
known
as
O)
,
Codex
Sinopensis,
in
the
Bibliothfeque
Nationale
at
Paris;
of
the
6th
cent.;
43
leaves
from
Mt
7-24,
wri
bten
in
gold
letters
on
purple
vellum,
with
5
illustrations
similar
in
style
to
those
in
S.
It
was
picked
up
for
a
few
francs
by
a
French
naval
officer
at
Sinope
in
1899,
Its
text
is
akin
to
that
of
W
and
S.
4".
Codex
Beratinus,
at
Belgrade
in
Albania:
the
fourth
of
the
purple
MSS,
and
belonging
to
the
same
school
as
the
others,
and
probably
of
the
same
date.
Contains
Mt,
and
Mk.,
in
a
text
akin
to
N
and
2,
but
not
so
closely
related
to
them
as
they
are
to
one
another.
These
are
all
the
uncials
of
which
it
is
necessary
to
give
separate
descriptions,
A
new
MS
of
the
Gospels,
apparently
of
the
5th
cent.,
and
containing
a
text
of
considerable
interest,
was
found
in
Egypt
in
1907,
and
is
now
in
America,
but
is
still
unpublished.
Large
fragments
of
a
6th
cent.
MS
of
the
Pauline
Epistles
were
found
at
the
same
time.
8.
Passing
to
the
minuscules,
we
find
the
number
of
witnesses
overwhelming.
The
last
inventory
of
NT
MSS
(that
of-^von
Soden)
contains
1716
copies
of
the
Gospels,
531
of
Acts,
628
of
Pauline
Epp.,
and
219
of
Apoc;
and
of
this
total,
as
stated
above,
less
than
160
are
uncials.
The
minuscule
MSS
are
usually
indicated
by
Arabic
numerals,*
separate
series
being
formed
for
the
four
divisions
of
the
NT.
The
result
of
this
Is
that
when
a
MS
contains
all
four
parts
(which
is
the
case
only
with
about
40
MSS)
it
is
known
by
four
different
numbers
;
thus
a
certain
MS
at
Leicester
bears
the
numbers
Evan.
69,
Act.
31,
Paul.
37,
Apoc.
14,
It
is,
of
course,
impossible
to
give
any
individual
account
of
so
great
a
mass
of
MSS;
indeed,
many
of
them
have
never
been
fully
*
A
new
numeration
has
been
introduced
by
von
Soden,
with
the
object
of
indicating
the
contents
and
date
of
each
MS;
but
it
is
more
cumbrous
than
the
previous
system.
Thus
A
becomes
64,
and
Evan.
69
becomes
5505,
On
the
other
hand,
each
MS
always
has
the
same
designation,
and
the
difl&culty
of
finding
enough
letters
for
the
uncial
MSS
is
obviated
.
^
A
revision
of
the
old
numeration;
so
as
to
secu
re
the
same
objects
without
abandoning
the
familiar
symbols
of
the
more
important
MSS,
has
just
been
issued
by
Gregory
and
has
received
the
adhesion
of
most
NT?
scholars.
