GOD'S PRESERVED LINE Syrian Text

ORIGINAL WRITINGS Old Testament 1500 B.C. - 400 B.C. New Testament 45 A.D. - 68 A.D.
corrupted by

MAN'S CORRUPT LINE Alexandrian Text

Catechetical School of Alexandria - founded by Pantaenus and passed on to Clement and then Origen Origen's Hexapla 230 A.D. (includes Septuagent LXX)

Armenian Bible 406 A.D.

Gothic Version by Ulfilas "Little Wolf" 330 A.D.

Copies of Greek MSS "Textus Receptus"

Faithful copies of the originals

Old Syriac Peshitta 145 A.D. Old Latin "Itala" 157 A.D.
corrupted by

Eusebius' 50 bibles for Constantine 312 A.D. Vaticanus 330-350 A.D.

Erasmus Gk text 1515 - 1522 3 editions

Martin Luther German Bible 1534

Corrupted by Bishop Rabbula 411-435 A.D.

Sinaiticus 330-350 A.D Griesbach Greek Text 1774

William Tyndale 1525 1st printed English Bible (incomplete) N.T. only

Western Text
Lachmann Greek Text 1870 John Wcliff 1st English translation 1382 (hand copied) Jerome's Latin Vulgate 400 A.D. Douay-Rheims 1st English Catholic Bible 1582 Tishendorf Greek Text 1872 Westcott & Hort Greek Text 1881 English Revised Version R.V. 1881 Nestle / Aland Greek Text 1898 - 1989 27 editions American Standard Version A.S.V. 1901 New World Translation Official J.W. Bible 1950 Amplified Bible 1954

Miles Coverdale 1535 2nd printed English Bible

Corrupted by John Purvey using Jerome's Latin Vulgate after Wycliff's death

Thomas Matthews 1537 3rd printed English Bible

The Great Bible 1539 4th printed English Bible (revision of Matthews) Stephanus Greek Text 1546 - 1551 4 editions The Geneva Bible 1560 5th printed English Bible Bishops Bible 1568 6th printed English Bible Beza's Greek Text 1560 - 1598 5 editions King James Version 1611-1852 13 editions Elzevir Brother's Greek Text 1624 & 1633 2 editions Scrivener's Greek Text 1881 & 1908 2 editions New King James Version 1982

R.S.V 1946 New American Standard Version N.A.S.V 1960 The Living Bible 1962 United Bible Societies Greek Text 4 editions 1966 1968 1975 1993 N.I.V. 1973 N.R.S.V 1989

NOTE: This layout mainly focuses on the texts of the New Testament and is only a list of the most popular versions.

Holman C. S. V. 1999 E. S. V. 2001