Alexei wrote:The following verses have been added, deleted, or changed from various manuscripts of the New Testament.
ADDED VERSE: I John 5:7-8
I John 5:7-8 was most likely added in the fifteenth or sixteenth century. The earliest Greek manuscript this is found in is Greg. 88, a twelfth-century manuscript, but this verse is written in the margin in a seventeenth-century style handwriting. It is not found in any Greek manuscript dated prior to this time. [1]
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The Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one. And there are three that bear witness in earth" ( I John 5:7-8 KJV).
ADDED WORDS
Some ancient manuscripts do not contain the words "the Son of God" in Mark 1:1 [2].
This traditionally reads, "
The beginning of the gospel about Jesus Christ, the Son of God."
ADDED VERSE: Acts 8:37
Acts 8:37 was added in the sixth or early seventh century. It is not found in any manuscript prior to this time [3]. It reads as follows:
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Philip said, 'If you believe with all your heart, you may.' The eunuch answered, 'I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God'" (Acts 8:37).
ADDED VERSES: (John 7:53 to 8:11)
The earliest and most reliable manuscripts of the New Testament and other ancient witnesses do not have the following verses [4 ].
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Then each went to his own home. But Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. At dawn he appeared again in the temple courts, where all the people gathered around him, and he sat down to teach them. The teachers of the law and the Pharisees brought in a woman caught in adultery. They made her stand before the group and said to Jesus, "Teacher, this woman was caught in the act of adultery. In the Law, Moses commanded us to stone such women. Now what do you say?" They were using this question as a trap, in order to have a basis for accusing him.
But Jesus bent down and started to write on the ground with his finger. When they kept on questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, "If any one of you is without sin, let him be the first to throw a stone at her." Again he stooped down and wrote on the ground.
At this, those who heard began to go away one at a time, the older ones first, until only Jesus was left, with the woman still standing there. Jesus straightened up and asked her, "Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?"
"No one sir," she said.
"Then neither do I condemn you," Jesus declared. "Go now and leave your life of sin" (John 7:53 to 8:11).
ADDED VERSES: (Mark 16:9-20)
The earliest and most reliable manuscripts of the New Testament and other ancient witnesses do not have the following verses [5 ].
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When Jesus rose early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had driven seven demons. She went and told those who had been with him and who were mourning and weeping. When they heard that Jesus was alive and that she had seen him, they did not believe it.
Afterward Jesus appeared in a different form to two of them while they were walking in the country. These returned and reported it to the rest; but they did not believe them either.
Later Jesus appeared to the Eleven as they were eating; he rebuked them for their lack of faith and their stubborn refusal to believe those who had seen him after he had risen.
He said to them, 'Go into all the world and preach the good news to all creation. Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned. And these signs will accompany those who believe: In my name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new tongues; they will pick up snakes with their hands; and when they drink deadly poison, it will not hurt them at all; they will place their hands on sick people and they will get well.'
After the Lord Jesus had spoken to them, he was taken up into heaven and he sat at the right hand of God. Then the disciples went out and preached everywhere, and the Lord worked with them and confirmed his word by the signs that accompanied it" (Mark 16:9-20).
CORRUPTED TEXT
"God is the son of Aram." [6].
This is stated in Codex 109, now housed in the British Museum. This mistake was probably made when the scribe, perhaps writing in a cold and poorly lit room, copied a text containing two columns. Instead of copying one column and continuing on to the next, he probably copied straight across the page, thus erroneously joining the two columns together as one text.
CORRUPTED WORDS?
In Revelation 13:18 we learn that the sign of the beast is 666, but a footnote states that some manuscripts read 616 [7].
[1] Metzger, B. The Text of the New Testament; Its Transmission, Corruption, and Restoration, p.101, 3rd ed. (New York, 1992)
[2] The Holy Bible, New International Version (1985)
[3] Metzger, B. The Text of the New Testament; Its Transmission, Corruption, and Restoration, p.52, 3rd ed. (New York, 1992)
[4] The Holy Bible, New International Version (1985)
[5] The Holy Bible, New International Version (1985)
[6] Metzger, B. The Text of the New Testament; Its Transmission, Corruption, and Restoration, p.195, 3rd ed. (New York, 1992)
[7] The Open Bible, (New York, 1977)
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