![]() ![]() 5 This manuscript is 6.35 cm by 9.5cm in size. 21:34-37 on the front, and traces of verses 43 and 45 on the back. ![]() 4404) is a second-century papyrus fragment that contains Matt. 4 This text is part of the Oxyrhynchus papyri, a group of manuscripts discovered in the ancient garbage dump near Oxyrhynchus, Egypt. It has been dated paleographically to the second century A.D. ![]() 3523), is a small fragment of papyrus with portions of the Gospel of John (18:36-19:7) on both sides in Greek. Housed in the Sackler Library Papyrology Room at the University of Oxford, England are two of the earliest New Testament manuscripts. Photo Credit: Courtesy of the Egypt Exploration Society (London) and the Oxyrhynchus Imaging Project (Oxford). 3523) comes from an ancient codex of the gospel of John and dates to the second century. So what are the earliest New Testament manuscripts? Papayri P90 and P104 P90 (P. No other ancient text can compare with the New Testament when it comes to the sheer volume of manuscripts, nor when we consider how close the earliest manuscripts are to the originals. which number in the tens of thousands, 3 and you realize that there is an embarrassment of riches when it comes to New Testament manuscripts. 2 Add to this the ancient manuscripts in Latin, Coptic, Syriac, Armenian, etc. 1 While some of these manuscripts are small and fragmentary, the average size of a New Testament manuscript is 450 pages. To date we have over 5800 Greek manuscripts of the New Testament, with an astounding 2.6 million pages of biblical text. Not so the so-called “other gospels,” which were pseudepigraphical Gnostic works written 100-300 years later. The New Testament accepts the Old Testament as authentic, confirming the traditional authors, quoting from at least 320 different passages, and confirming the supernatural events cited in the Old Testament.All of the books of the New Testament were written within a lifetime of the death of Jesus of Nazareth. The quotations from pre-Christian writing confirm the text. There are other versions that confirm the accuracy of the Masoritic Text. The Masorites produced an official text in A.D. There were only 1,200 variant readings in A.D. The ancient scribes were very meticulous. The textual evidence is greater for both the Old and New Testaments than any other historically reliable ancient document. The Old Testament has been more accurately transmitted to us than any other ancient writing of comparable age. There remains only 1 percent of all New Testament words about which questions still exist no questionable passage contradicts any Bible teaching. There were millions of man-hours spent in cross-checking the manuscripts. There are many more writings of the Church Fathers quoting sections of Scripture we could reconstruct the entire New Testament from their writings alone. The earliest textual evidence we have was copied 1,400 years after the original. There are only 5 manuscripts in existence. The earliest textual evidence we have was copied 1,000 years after the original.Īristotle’s Poetics was written in the fourth century B.C. There are only 10 manuscripts in existence. In contrast:Ĭaesar’s Gallic Wars was written in the first century B.C. The earliest textual evidence we have was copied not long after the original. There are some 25,000 early manuscripts in existence, almost 6,000 of which (many being only recognizable fragments) are Greek texts and the others being early translations of the Greek New Testament. The New Testament was written in first century A.D. There is an enormous amount of evidence for authenticity of the biblical manuscripts. The record is then checked for consistency of information, and the claims are analyzed as if it were a legal case, looking for credible testimony with cross-examination. As evidence develops, the data is evaluated against other sources. Textual analysis begins with historical investigation, beginning with the latest documents and working backward. There is more evidence for the Bible’s authenticity than for any literature of antiquity. Evidence for Creation › Evidence from Scripture › Authentic Text» Next ![]()
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