Bible Query - Early
Manuscripts of Titus
Q: In Tt, what are early New Testament manuscripts we have preserved today?
A: Here are many of them.
p32 Titus 1:11-15; 2:3-8 (latter half of 2nd century) The Complete Text of the Earliest New Testament Manuscripts has a photograph of part of p32 on p.124.
c.200 A.D. - 1968 - The Text of the New Testament.
p61 Romans 16:23,25-27; 1 Corinthians 1:1-2, 2-6; 5:1-3, 5-6, 9-13; Philippians 3:5-9, 12-16, Colossians 1:3-7, 9-13, 1 Thessalonians 1:2-3; Titus 3:1-5, 8-11, 14-15 Philemon 4-7. c.700 A.D.
c.700 A.D. - 1968 - The Text of the New Testament.
About 700 A.D. - 1975 - Aland et al. Third edition.
About 700 A.D. - 1998 - Aland et al. Fourth revised edition.
Sinaiticus 340-350 A.D.
Titus was not preserved in Vaticanus
Alexandrinus c.450 A.D.
Bohairic Coptic 3rd/4th century
Sahidic Coptic 3rd/4rth century
I Washington D.C. 5th century (Titus 2:10, others?)
Gothic 493-555 A.D.
Ephraimi Rescriptus 5th century
Claromontanus 6th century
Ethiopic [Eth] from c.500 A.D.
Palestinian Syriac [Syr Pal] from c.6th century
Peshitta Syriac [Syr P] 411-435 A.D... Over 350 manuscripts.
Harclean Syriac [Syr H] 616.A.D Thomas of Harkel
Q: In Tt, what are the manuscript variations with the Textus Receptus, the basis for the KJV?
A: Jay P. Green, Sr. in the Interlinear Bible records variations in approximately 3 words between the Textus Receptus and the majority text. These are in 3 places (Titus 2:2, 2:8, 3:8). He does not record any additional alternates.
Q: In Tt, what are some of the manuscript variations?
A: The Letter to Titus has a total of about 657 Greek words and a word-for-word accuracy of 99.2%, with only 5 words in question. These are in 4 verses (4 places), out of 46 total verses. Below are the variations with the primary choice and the top alternate choice. Aland, from which this primarily is based, also gives a judgment of the degree of certainty for each variation.
Titus 1:4 "Grace and" vs. "Grace" vs. "Grace, mercy, and" (2 words) (Aland, NRSV, Everyman's Bible Commentary First Timothy p.24)
Titus 1:10 "and" is absent
Titus 3:1 Add the word "and"
Titus 3:15 Add the word "amen" at the end (Aland, NRSV)
Some manuscripts have, "To Titus of the of Cretans assembly First overseer chosen. Written from Nicopolis of Macedonia."
Conclusion: Sinaiticus has the shorter variant in all cases, the Byzantine Lectionary has the longer variant in all cases, and Alexandrinus has the longer variant only in Titus 1:4. A correction in Sinaiticus has "amen" in Titus 3:15
Bibliography for this question: The Greek New Testament Third Edition by Kurt Aland et al., The Greek New Testament Fourth Edition by Kurt Aland et al., Interlinear Greek-English New Testament by George Ricker Berry, the Interlinear Bible by Jay P. Green, The Expositor's Bible Commentary volume 8, A Textual Commentary on the Greek New Testament 2nd edition by Bruce M. Metzger, The Complete Text of the Earliest New Testament Manuscripts edited by Philip W. Comfort and David P. Barrett, The Expositor's Greek Testament edited by W. Robertson Nicoll, and footnotes in the NASB, NIV, NKJV, and NRSV Bible translations. Manuscripts of the Greek Bible : An Introduction to Paleography by Bruce M. Metzger also has interesting information on the characteristics and quality of the copying of each manuscript.
Q: In Tt, how do the early manuscripts compare with each other?
A: The table below shows each of the places in question, and the number says which variant is in each manuscript.
|
Place |
words |
p61 |
Si |
A |
C |
D |
I |
Sah |
Boh |
Origen |
Ital |
Vg |
Luc |
Eth |
Chrys |
Byz |
Arm |
Geo |
Syr Pal |
Syr P |
Syr H |
|
Tt 1:4 |
2 |
- |
1 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
- |
(1) |
1/ 2? |
1 |
1 |
- |
(1) |
1 |
2 |
1 |
1/(2) |
1 |
(2) |
||
|
Tt 1:10 |
1 |
- |
2 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
1/ 2 |
1/ 2? |
1 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
||
|
Tt 3:1 |
1 |
- |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
- |
2 |
2 |
1/ 2 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
|
|
Tt 3:15a |
1 |
1? |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
- |
1? |
1?/2 |
4/ 5 |
(4)/(5) |
- |
2 |
2 |
2 |
1? |
2 |
2 |
2 |
||
|
Place |
words |
p61 |
Si |
A |
C |
D |
I |
Sah |
Boh |
Origen |
Ital |
Vg |
Luc |
Eth |
Chrys |
Byz |
Arm |
Geo |
Syr Pal |
Syr P |
Syr H |
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