The Main Manuscripts that Almost All Bibles Today are Translated From

Hebrew Old Testament

-Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia (BHS) (Mainly Copied From the Leningrad Codex Written in 1008 AD) Hebrew
Old Testament Often Referred to as the Masoretic Text (a Hebrew Textual Tradition of Jewish Scholars Known as the
Masoretes)

-Leningrad Codex (B19a) (Written in 1008 AD) Hebrew Old Testament, From Saint Petersburg, Russia (Previously
Called Leningrad)

Greek - New Testament Only

-Majority/Received Text (M) (Group of Texts Written Around 1100 AD) Greek New Testament Text w/ Apocrypha,
The Most Common One Used Today is the 2005 Robinson and Pierpont Edition, Byzantine Text Type, From the Region
of Byzantium (Modern Day Turkey), Which Became the City of Constantinople

-Textus Receptus (TR) (Group of Texts Written Around 1100 AD) Greek New Testament Text w/ Apocrypha, Agrees
with the Majority/Received Text 99 Percent of the Time, Byzantine Text Type, From the Region of Byzantium (Modern
Day Turkey), Which Became the City of Constantinople

-Nestle-Aland 28th Edition (NA28) and United Bible Societies Fifth Edtion (UBS5) (Called the NU Text When
Combined) (Group of Texts Written Mainly Between 325-420 AD) Greek New Testament, Alexandrian Text Type,
Generally Found in the Region of Alexandria, Egypt

Greek – Old and New Testaments (The Big Five)

-Codex Sinaiticus (Aleph/‫( )א‬Written Around 350 AD) Greek Septuagint Old and New Testaments w/ Apocrypha,
Alexandrian Text Type, Generally Found in the Region of Alexandria, Egypt

-Codex Alexandrinus (A) (Written Around 420 AD) Greek Septuagint Old and New Testaments w/ Apocrypha,
Alexandrian Text Type the Majority of the Time (it Contains the Byzantine Text Type in the Gospels), Generally Found
in the Region of Alexandria, Egypt

-Codex Vaticanus (B) (Written Around 325 AD) Greek Septuagint Old and New Testaments w/ Apocrypha,
Alexandrian Text Type, Generally Found in the Region of Alexandria, Egypt

-Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus (C) (Written Around 450 AD) Greek Septuagint Old and New Testaments w/ Apocrypha
(It Only Contains Six Old Testament Books), Alexandrian Text Type the Majority of the Time (it Favors the Byzantine
Text Type in Some Instances), Generally Found in the Region of Alexandria, Egypt

-Codex Bezae (D) (Written Around 400 AD) Greek and Latin Parallel Manuscript, Contains Matthew, Mark, Luke,
John, and Parts of Acts, Western Text Type, Generally Found in North Africa, Italy, France, and Egypt