W, Matthew 15:17 , Matthew 18:7 B (showed) between scribe D of Codex Sinaiticus and scribe A of Codex. Arguably one of the most important translations of the Bible, and one of the oldest, this book, supposedly written in the fourth century AD, contains most of the books of the Greek Bible, with a few exceptions. 084f11241 1424 pc copbopt Archived from the original on 2011-05-31. C D K L W X mgf1333 892 1009 1010 1071 1216 1230 1242 1253 1365 1646 2148 Byz Lect it vg syrscopboethro B050, Matthew 6:33 The term iotacism refers to the letter iota, the original sign for, with which these vowels came to merge. The literal meaning of 'Codex Sinaiticus' is the Sinai Book. 124 [35] Philip B. Payne,Fuldensis, Sigla for Variants in Vaticanus and 1 Cor 14.34-5, NTS 41 (1995) 251262. D [36] Codex Vaticanus Graece 1209, B/03,Wieland Willker. , Matthew 14:15a A K X ( Wf1700 copbo)f13Byz Others are because two of the scribes were bad spellers. D W He has authored ninety-five books. Codex Vaticanus (CODEX B), a Greek manuscript, the most important of all the manuscripts of Holy Scripture. 6168245700 Find out more about Codex Sinaiticus of the scribal tradition stands beyond dispute". C Z The Mystery of the Vatican Codex. The first corrections were done by several scribes before the manuscript left the scriptorium. Codex Sinaiticus includes the apocryphal books (Esdras, Tobit, Judith, I and IV Maccabees, Wisdom . Cf13 A B2C D X 5658921009 1071 1195 1216 1230 1241 1253 1344 1365 1646 2174 Byz 1. , Matthew 13:4 The list of textual variants that follows below is incomplete. (all Syria) , Matthew 5:9 Today, we'll cover the Codex Vaticanus, which belongs to the Vatican library. There are people who would have us believe that the Codex Sinaiticus and the Codex Vaticanus represent the translation of the Hebrew Scriptures that the Judahites, the writers of the books of the New Testament, and the early Christian Church used in preference to the inspired original Hebrew Scriptures. He has authored ninety-five books. Codex Sinaiticus is considered by most textual scholars of the New Testament to be the best complete manuscript. B, Matthew 7:27b Other differences include it saying that Jesus was "angry" as he healed a leper, where the modern text says he acted with "compassion". A few examples of the differences between the Codex Vaticanus and Codex Sinaiticus will suffice to show the insignificance. [29] C. R. Gregory, Canon and Text of the New Testament (1907), pp. AD0133Byz, Luke 2:37 They are nothing and much was corrected by the more competent scribe and the corrector. * * syr copbo 17124 892 cop 209, Matthew 7:17 [30] List of umlauts in the New Testament of the Codex Vaticanus Archived 2019-11-11 at the Wayback Machine. D Plus textual changes for theological bias. N 235 k 105113. C Z What Do We Know About the Dutch Bible and Textual Scholar Erasmus of Rotterdam? V X - Dottard Nov 9, 2020 at 20:21 Sinaiticus and Vaticanus are important but not the only ones. For example, the resurrection narrative at the end of Mark (16:9-20) is absent from the Codex Sinaiticus. Matthew 1:3 (Zerah) B, supported byPapyrus 1 (Zerah) Sinaiticus, Matthew 1:12/13 (begot) , Matthew 1:19 (put to shame) 1, supported byf1 (to make example) *.2CLWf13Byz, Matthew 1:20 B Lf11241 C D WZf13Byz, Matthew 1:25 (till) (till his), Matthew 2:12 (into their country) (into their own country) f1157a b g1vg cop, Matthew 2:13 372copsa (appeared in a dream), Matthew 3:6 (by him) , Matthew 3:11 (I indeed) 892 (I) , Matthew 3:15 (it fitting us) cop it syr (it fitting for us) , Matthew 4:8 (showed) (showed) (showed) D 372, Matthew 4:13 (by the sea) W (by the sea) B (by the sea) D372, Matthew 4:23 (in Galilee) (in all Galilee) B C 157 cop syr eth (all Galilee) D, Matthew 4:23b , Matthew 4:24 (whole of Syria) 157 (all Syria) , Matthew 5:9 C D 13-124-556 B, Matthew 5:18 B106 , Matthew 5:19 , omit * D W d g2r2, Matthew 5:28 236 W M , Matthew 5:30 B d k syr cop, Matthew 5:31 * syr copbo B, Matthew 5:37 6168245700, Matthew 5:39 W 157892 B D E, Matthew 5:41 D B L M S U E G K V syrcur, Matthew 5:42 * y B, Matthew 5:45 (and it is raining on the righteous and the unrighteous) Bomit, Matthew 5:46 Bmit * copbosyrcur, Matthew 6:2 (amen, amen) 13 (amen) B, Matthew 6:7 (hypocrites) syrcur (gentiles), Matthew 6:8 (your Father) * D L W Z 0170f1f13Byz (God your Father) 1B copsa, Matthew 6:15 Bomit Df1, Matthew 6:16 syrcureth , Matthew 6:16 244 g1k syrp B , copbo , Matthew 6:18a , Matthew 6:20 1 892 syrcur , Matthew 6:21 B copbo syrp, Matthew 6:22a , Matthew 6:23 W 33 B cop it syr, Matthew 6:25a f1892 a b ff1k l vg syrccopsa B Wf1333 copsa L 0233Byz, Matthew 6:32a N f13157 892 B a b k, Matthew 6:32b 228237 B050, Matthew 6:33 () g k cop eth E W 050, Matthew 7:3 N 235 050, Matthew 7:4b , Matthew 7:12 B copbo, Matthew 7:13a B bomit a b c h k, Matthew 7:14 * X B2bN W 209, Matthew 7:17 cop , Matthew 7:22 B, Matthew 7:27b omit, Matthew 7:28 , Matthew 8:1 B C W b Z *, Matthew 8:3a 124 B, Matthew 8:4b B C, Matthew 8:5 W cop, Matthew 8:7b , Matthew 8:8a cop, Matthew 8:10 4 f1 , Matthew 8:12 , Matthew 8:13 C E M N U X omit B, Matthew 8:18 W 12243copsasyrcur, sin 1 22 cC N 108106, Matthew 8:22 B syrcur 33 b c k q syrs, Matthew 8:26 f1f1322 , Matthew 8:29 copbo copsa, Matthew 9:4a C D K L W X mgf1333 892 1009 1010 1071 1216 1230 1242 1253 1365 1646 2148 Byz Lect it vg syrscopboethro B N txtf1565 700 1079 1195 1546184,313, 1627, 1761 syrhgoth arm? , Matthew 7:4b B C . B , Matthew 11:27 Minuscule 4's text has 106 letters' worth of corruption, but the text in Sinaiticus has 122 letters' worth of corruption. , Matthew 22:1 , Matthew 23:8 [4] Codex Sinaiticus is designated by siglum , and Codex Vaticanus by alpha character B. 33 Textkritik des Neuen Testaments(in German). D Matthew 1:3 [13]Readings that they introduced are designated by the siglum a. N, Matthew 13:30a B, Matthew 10:15 B [27]There are no enlarged initials, no divisions into chapters or sections such as are found in later manuscripts, but a different system of division peculiar to this manuscript. These two manuscripts were not written in the same scriptorium. f1f1322 It is so called because it belongs to the Vatican Library ( Codex Vaticanus, 1209). D THE Codex Sinaiticus and Codex Vaticanus differences are insignificant in the extreme. [32]The meaning of these distigmai was recognized in 1995 byPhilip Payne. mit * copbosyrcur, Matthew 6:2 According to Dean Burgon: It is, in fact, easier to find two consecutive verses in which these two MSS differ the one from the other than two consecutive verses in which they entirely agree.[1] See Matthew 1:18-19 below as a perfect example. The principal surviving portion of the Codex, comprising 347 leaves, is now held by the British Library. Grand Rapids, Michigan:William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. 1 892 syrcur The two oldest full manuscripts of the Bible are the Codex Sinaiticus and the Codex Vaticanus. 4 [20] Kurt Aland; Barbara Aland (1995). syrsin 59 C L W0119f1Byz, Matthew 15:17 , Matthew 10:37 C L X, Matthew 14:22a , copsaand copboused different terms, but every concerned to D c , Matthew 4:24 [17]The pervasiveiotacism, especially of thediphthong, remains uncorrected. [35], Onpage 1512, next to Hebrews 1:3, the text contains an interesting marginal note,Fool and knave, leave the old reading and do not change it! , , which may suggest that unauthorised correcting was a recognized problem inscriptoriums.[36]. 236 [30] List of umlauts in the New Testament of the Codex Vaticanus Archived 2019-11-11 at the Wayback Machine. Wieland Willker (2008). , Matthew 13:36b D, Matthew 14:3 Codex Vaticanus dates to about 300 to 325 C.E. The Codex Vaticanus is available online in two forms: (1) as scans of the original housed in the Vatican Library, and (2) as scans of a 'facsimile' edition. The folios of Codex Vaticanus measure a perfectly square 10.6" x 10.6", which is a relatively large book by today's standards but not oversized. Were Almost All Greek New Testament Manuscript Textual Variants [Errors] Created Before 200 A.D.? B, Matthew 9:28a On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Tina: E, Matthew 5:41 The first corrections were done by several scribes before the manuscript left the scriptorium. The 3000 textual variations do NOT include iotacism. , Matthew 15:31 W 157892 1 Df13pc C. R. Gregory (Lipsiae 1884), pp. B The following represent scribal corrections: For sigla of other manuscripts, see List of New Testament uncials. [18] Gregory, C. R. (1900). L X It is an majuscule manuscript that dates to the mid-fourth century and contains almost the entire Christian canon in Greek, with most of the Apocrypha, acording to Patheos. THE TR, on the other hand, has whole phrases, sentences, verses and even whole sections added. In 1844, 43 leaves of a 4th-century biblical codex (a collection of single pages bound together along one side) were discovered at St. Catherine's Monastery at the foot of Mount Sinai (hence the name Sinaiticus). Example of differences between Sinaiticus and Vaticanus in Matthew 1:1819: 18 , 19 , 18 , 19 . [2] Fee, G. D.(1968-9). B D 56 58 700 ), London 1939. We will just use the regular English font P75. We will just use the regular English font P75. (by the sea) B , Matthew 14:5 [3] Westcott, B. F. and Hort, F. J. It's not a 19th-century fake. The Critical Text is the corrupt one! Paul Anderson, similarly, with B and Aleph varying over 1,000+ differences in John alone (3,000+ in the 4 Gospels).. , Matthew 9:9a F G X , Matthew 12:44b , Matthew 8:1 bC D L W010602330250f1f13Byz, Matthew 13:39a XXI-XXIII. L 61 [25], The original writing was retraced by a later scribe (usually dated to the 10th or 11th century), and the beauty of the original script was spoiled. omit X, Matthew 16:12 So the Textus Receptus is definitely a Byzantine text, but far from a purely Byzantine text. This codex is a quarto volume written in uncial letters of the fourth century, on folios of fine parchment bound in quinterns. , Matthew 27:45 D L Z John has more differences than the other gospels because in Codex Sinaiticus, John 1:1-8:38 and parts of chapters 16 and 21 have early Western Christian writing ancestry. The Codex Vaticanus has been kept at the Vatican Library since around the 15 th century, and it is the oldest known Bible in existence. B , Matthew 21:33 C , Mark 11:3 Impact on biblical scholarship Along with Codex Vaticanus, the Codex Sinaiticus is considered one of the most valuable manuscripts available, . (see Mark 7:10) aB D 084f1f13700 892 ita, aur, b, c, d, e, ff1, ff2, g1, l q vg syrc, s, pcopsa, bo, fayarm eth geo 6667. f1 1699243892 [12] Kurt Aland; Barbara Aland (1995). , Matthew 9:18 [16] Dirk Jongkind (2007),Scribal Habits of Codex Sinaiticus, Gorgias Press LLC, p. 44. [13] Bruce M. Metzger (1991). It is comprised of 759 leaves and has almost all of the Old and New Testaments. (whole of Syria) 157 , Matthew 11:23b omit D syrcur, sind k, Matthew 13:34 The German biblical scholar Konstantin von Tischendorf (1815 . , Matthew 6:20 W (f1)f13pc, Mark 10:19 (put to shame) 1, supported byf1 , Matthew 12:29 C E M N U X [34]The same distigmai were observed inCodex Fuldensis, especially in the section containing 1 Cor 14:3435. [29], The manuscript contains unusual small horizontally aligned double dots (so called distigmai, formerly called umlauts) in the margin of the columns and are scattered throughout the New Testament. B b1 The Umlauts Archived 2019-11-11 at the Wayback Machine. W, Matthew 12:10 A further 43 leaves are kept at the University Library in Leipzig. . Z [26] Bruce M. Metzger,Manuscripts of the Greek Bible: An Introduction to Greek Palaeography, New York, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991, p. 74. According to Herman C. Hoskier,[2] there are, WITHOUT counting errors of iotacism, 3,036 textual variations between Sinaiticus and Vaticanus in the text of the Gospels alone, enumerated as follows: Matthew: 656 2 This Erroll F. Rhodes. It is in closer agreement withCodex Bezaein support of theWestern text-type. We will use to identify Codex Sinaiticus herein. , Matthew 13:42 892 B, Matthew 9:10a See: Codex Vaticanus Graece. A Modern analysis identifies at least three scribes: Scribe B was a poor speller, and scribe A was not very much better; the best scribe was D.[4]Metzger states: scribe A had made some unusually serious mistakes.[5]Scribes A and B more often usednomina sacrain contracted forms ( contracted in all occurrences, contracted except in 2 occurrences), scribe D more often used forms uncontracted. (into their own country) f1157a b g1vg cop, Matthew 2:13 James Rendel Harris,Stichometry(London 1893), p. 73, [24] Frederic G. Kenyon,Our Bible and the Ancient Manuscripts(London 1939). , Matthew 9:17 W, Matthew 13:35a A notable example of an agreement between the Sinaiticus and Vaticanus texts is that they both omit the word (without cause, without reason, in vain) fromMatthew5:22 But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brotherwithout a causeshall be in danger of the judgment., In John 1:18:38Codex Sinaiticusdiffers from Vaticanus and all other Alexandrian manuscripts. F M W B Lf11241 XXI-XXIII. When there's doubt over which tradition preserves the correct reading, the Alexandrian text wins more often than not, given that Codex Sinaiticus, Vaticanus, and Alexandrinus are all largely within this category, and these three are among our earliest complete Greek bibles. 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