| Bible Manuscripts up to Nicea I (325 A.D.) | Feb 16, 2025 | ||||||
| This is on the web at www.biblequery.org/Bible/BibleReliability/EarlyChristanNTQuotes.xlsx | |||||||
| New Testament book | % of book | Verses | Verses | Total | |||
| quoted | quoted | not quoted | verses | ||||
| Matthew | 18.1% | 194 | 877 | 1071 | |||
| Mark | 23.5% | 159 | 519 | 678 | |||
| Luke | 70.6% | 813 | 338 | 1151 | |||
| John | 95.7% | 841.5 | 37.5 | 879 | All but 59.5 verses of John by 200 A.D. | ||
| Acts | 96.3% | 965.5 | 37.5 | 1003 | |||
| Romans | 64.0% | 277 | 156 | 433 | |||
| 1 Corinthians | 99.1% | 433 | 4 | 437 | |||
| 2 Corinthians | 91.1% | 234 | 23 | 257 | |||
| Galatians | 94.6% | 141 | 8 | 149 | |||
| Ephesians | 96.8% | 150 | 5 | 155 | |||
| Philippians | 82.7% | 86 | 18 | 104 | |||
| Colossians | 83.2% | 79 | 16 | 95 | |||
| 1 Thessalonians | 49.4% | 44 | 45 | 89 | |||
| 2 Thessalonians | 17.0% | 8 | 39 | 47 | |||
| 1 Timothy | 10.6% | 12 | 101 | 113 | |||
| 2 Timothy | 0.0% | 0 | 83 | 83 | |||
| Titus | 45.7% | 21 | 25 | 46 | |||
| Philemon | 16.0% | 4 | 21 | 25 | |||
| Hebrews | 93.4% | 283 | 20 | 303 | |||
| James | 38.9% | 42 | 66 | 108 | |||
| 1 Peter | 100.0% | 105 | 0 | 105 | |||
| 2 Peter | 100.0% | 61 | 0 | 61 | |||
| 1 John | 5.8% | 6 | 98 | 104 | |||
| 2 John | 69.2% | 9 | 4 | 13 | |||
| 3 John | 0.0% | 0 | 14 | 14 | |||
| Jude | 100.0% | 25 | 0 | 25 | |||
| Revelation | 40.3% | 163 | 241 | 404 | |||
| Total New Testament | 64.8% | 5156 | 2796 | 7952 | |||
| Subtotals | Verses | Verses | Total | ||||
| % Quoted | quoted | not quoted | verses | ||||
| Subtotal Gospels | 53.1% | 2007.5 | 1771.5 | 3779 | |||
| Subtotal Paul | 73.2% | 1489 | 544 | 2033 | |||
| Subtotal Gospels + Paul | 60.2% | 3496.5 | 2315.5 | 5812 | |||
| Subtotal Rest of NT | 77.5% | 1659.5 | 480.5 | 2140 | |||
| Note that by 350 A.D., with the inclusion of the Siniaticus and Vaticanus | |||||||
| manuscripts, every verse of the New Testament was quoted. | |||||||