Early Christian New Testament quotes before Nicea I (325 A.D.)						Mar. 11, 2023
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Book of the	% of book	Verses	Verses	Total	Number	Quotes per		Date of	Quotes (but not	approx.			Paul's	General	Reve-
New Testament	quoted	quoted	not quoted	verses	of quotes	total verses		writing	allusions) by author	pages	Gospels	Acts	Letters	Epistles	lation	Total
Matthew	87.5%	937.31	133.69	1071	2134	199.3%		96-98	1 Clement	16.25	2	1	6	9	0	18
Mark	79.0%	535.41	142.59	678	461	68.0%		95-110	Papias	2	1	0	2	0	0	3
Luke	86.5%	996.11	154.89	1151	1641	142.6%		c.100-117	Ignatius of Antioch	13	2	0	5	2	0	9
John	96.7%	850.22	28.78	879	1290	146.8%		c.60-120	The Didache	4.75	17	0	0	1	0	18
Acts	20.4%	204.86	798.14	1003	216	21.5%		c.70-130	Epistle of Barnabas	12.5	5	0	0	1	0	6
Romans	62.9%	272.19	160.81	433	684	158.0%		c.120-140	2 Clement	5.75	3	0	3	2	0	8
1 Corinthians	69.1%	301.75	135.25	437	1070	244.9%		100-155	Polycarp	3.5	11	1	11	5	0	28
2 Corinthians	47.0%	120.74	136.26	257	313	121.8%		c.130-200	Epistle to Diognetes	5.25	0	0	1	0	0	1
Galatians	58.6%	87.29	61.71	149	241	161.7%		c.115-155	Shepherd of Hermas	46.5	3	0	0	0	0	3
Ephesians	70.9%	109.82	45.18	155	311	200.6%		c.138-165	Justin Martyr	116.5	56	1	1	0	0	58
Philippians	42.5%	44.15	59.85	104	233	224.0%		c.172	The Diatessaron	86	1012	0	0	0	0	1012
Colossians	68.8%	65.37	29.63	95	157	165.3%		c.160-202	Irenaeus of Lyons	282.75	367	46	251	18	22	704
1 Thessalonians	40.1%	35.68	53.32	89	63	70.8%		193-220	Clement of Alexandria	389.5	366	13	445	61	4	889
2 Thessalonians	55.1%	25.92	21.08	47	42	89.4%		198-220	Tertullian	928	55	22	631	27	18	753
1 Timothy	56.5%	63.90	49.10	113	144	127.4%		222-236	Hippolytus of Portus	218	100	2	52	3	21	178
2 Timothy	39.5%	32.77	50.23	83	73	88.0%		225-254	Origen	1005.15	1892	46	1215	204	34	3391
Titus	32.7%	15.04	30.96	46	29	63.0%		250-257	Novatian	38.5	86	1	41	1	0	129
Philemon	2.2%	0.55	24.45	25	2	8.0%		c.246-258	Cyprian of Carthage	250.5	395	28	263	50	59	795
Hebrews	48.9%	148.16	154.84	303	190	62.7%		248-265	Dionysius of Alexandria	39.5	23	5	6	5	6	45
James	2.5%	2.75	105.25	108	16	14.8%		killed 304	Victorinus of Petau	18.5	19	1	14	0	96	130
1 Peter	42.9%	45.01	59.99	105	168	160.0%		c.270-312	Methodius	77.5	17	0	74	1	6	98
2 Peter	3.8%	2.29	58.71	61	6	9.8%		318-325	Eusebius before Nicea	1055.41	149	27	91	49	7	323
1 John	43.5%	45.20	58.80	104	129	124.0%		95-325	68 other authors	884.05	260	42	227	79	15	832
2 John	28.0%	3.64	9.36	13	5	38.5%		95-325 CE	Totals of 90 authors	5474.9	5005	206	3249	526	288	9270
3 John	0.0%	0.00	14.00	14	0	0.0%
Jude	28.8%	7.19	17.81	25	11	44.0%
Revelation	57.5%	232.41	171.59	404	282	69.8%
Total New Testament	65.2%	5185.73	2766.27	7952	9270	116.6%
Total number of quotes does not add because they sometimes quoted multiple verses together.
Subtotals of Books		Verses	Verses	Total	Number	Quotes per
of the New Testament	% Quoted	quoted	not quoted	verses	of quotes	total verses
Subtotal Gospels	87.8%	3319.05	459.95	3779	5294	140.1%
Subtotal Paul	57.8%	1175.17	857.83	2033	3360	165.3%
Subtotal Gospels + Paul	77.3%	4494.22	1317.78	5812	8654	148.9%
Subtotal Rest of NT	32.3%	691.51	1448.49	2140	1020	47.7%