Other Versions

German Luther Bible 1912

1912

King James Version

1611

English United Kingdom

World English Bible

2020 (completed)

English United States

Italian Riveduta Bible

1927

Reina Valera 1909

1909

American Standard Version

1901

English United States

Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia

1968-1976 (with later revisions)

Hebrew, Aramaic

Byzantine Majority Text

Modern critical edition of a text-type dating from 5th century CE onwards

Latin Vulgate

c. 382-405 CE (Jerome's translation/revision)

Masoretic Text

c. 7th-10th centuries CE (Masoretes); Textual tradition dates back earlier

Hebrew, Aramaic

Septuagint

c. 3rd-2nd centuries BCE

Textus Receptus

1516-1633 (Erasmus to Elzevir editions)

Tischendorf's Critical Greek New Testament

1869-1872 (8th Edition)

Almeida Corrigida Fiel

1628-1691 (original), 2007 (ACF correction)

Portuguese Brazil

Louis Segond 1910

1910

Textus Receptus

Description

Latin for "Received Text," referring to the succession of printed Greek New Testament texts that became standard during the Protestant Reformation.

Historical Information

Initiated by Erasmus's first published Greek New Testament (1516), based primarily on late Byzantine minuscule manuscripts. Subsequent editions by Stephanus, Beza, and the Elzevirs introduced revisions, but largely perpetuated the Erasmian text. The name comes from the Elzevir 1633 edition.

Usage

Primary source text for the New Testament in the King James Version, Luther Bible, Reina-Valera, Italian Diodati/Riveduta, and many other Reformation-era translations.

Trustworthiness

Represents the late Byzantine text-type. Modern textual criticism generally prefers readings from earlier manuscripts (e.g., Alexandrian text-type) discovered after the TR was established. However, it holds immense historical significance as the basis for many Reformation-era translations and is considered authoritative by some conservative Christian groups based on theological arguments about providential preservation.