Textus Receptus

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Textus Receptus is a traditional printed Greek New Testament text compiled in the 16th century that became the primary basis for many early Protestant Bible translations.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Greek New Testament text
printed edition
textual tradition
associatedWithPrinter Johann Froben
basedOnEditionOf Erasmus 1516 Novum Instrumentum omne
Erasmus 1519 Greek New Testament
linked to: Textus Receptus

Erasmus 1522 Greek New Testament
linked to: Textus Receptus

Erasmus 1527 Greek New Testament
linked to: Textus Receptus

Erasmus 1535 Greek New Testament
linked to: Textus Receptus
compiledFrom Byzantine text-type manuscripts
late medieval Greek manuscripts
compiledInCentury 16th century
containsReading Comma Johanneum (1 John 5:7–8) in later editions
Pericope adulterae (John 7:53–8:11)
long ending of Mark (Mark 16:9–20)
contrastedWith Critical text of the New Testament
Nestle-Aland Novum Testamentum Graece
Westcott and Hort text
criticizedFor inclusion of later textual additions
reliance on limited manuscript base
field New Testament textual criticism
firstEditionPlaceOfPublication Basel
linked to: Basel-Stadt
firstEditionPublishedIn 1516
firstEditionPublisher Johann Froben
hasAlternativeName Received Text
Textus Receptus Graece
linked to: Textus Receptus
hasKeyEditor Desiderius Erasmus
Robert Estienne
Theodore Beza
hasLanguage Koine Greek
historicalRole primary base text for many early vernacular New Testament translations
standard Greek New Testament text for Protestantism for several centuries
includesBook Acts of the Apostles
Book of Revelation
General Epistles
linked to: Catholic Epistles

Gospels
Pauline Epistles
influenced Geneva Bible
King James Version
Luther Bible
Modern English Version
New King James Version
Tyndale New Testament
linked to: Tyndale Bible
supportedBy King James Only movement
some confessional Protestant groups
textType Byzantine text-type
usedBy Reformation-era scholars
early Protestant Bible translators
usedFor liturgical reading in some Protestant traditions
translation of Reformation-era Bibles

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King James Version basedOn Textus Receptus
Reina-Valera textualBasisNewTestament Textus Receptus
Theodore Beza notableWork Novum Testamentum (Greek–Latin edition)
linked to: Textus Receptus
Desiderius Erasmus notableWork Novum Testamentum (Greek New Testament edition)
linked to: Textus Receptus
Tyndale Bible basedOn Erasmus’s Greek New Testament
linked to: Textus Receptus
Textus Receptus hasAlternativeName Textus Receptus Graece
linked to: Textus Receptus
Textus Receptus basedOnEditionOf Erasmus 1519 Greek New Testament
linked to: Textus Receptus
Textus Receptus basedOnEditionOf Erasmus 1522 Greek New Testament
linked to: Textus Receptus
Textus Receptus basedOnEditionOf Erasmus 1527 Greek New Testament
linked to: Textus Receptus
Textus Receptus basedOnEditionOf Erasmus 1535 Greek New Testament
linked to: Textus Receptus
Byzantine text-type influenced Textus Receptus
Novum Instrumentum omne relatedConcept Textus Receptus
Textus Receptus hasLatinName Textus Receptus
subject linked to: Received Text
Westcott and Hort text contrastedWith Textus Receptus
King James Only movement viewOnTextualBasis prefers Textus Receptus
linked to: Textus Receptus
Majority text influenced Textus Receptus tradition
linked to: Textus Receptus
Robinson–Pierpont Byzantine Greek New Testament editions distinguishedFrom Textus Receptus editions
linked to: Textus Receptus
Erasmus’s Greek New Testament editions laterTitle Novum Testamentum omne
linked to: Textus Receptus
UBS GNT comparedWith Textus Receptus
American Standard Version textualBasis Textus Receptus (New Testament, partly)
linked to: Textus Receptus