< Early Christian New Testament quotes plus manuscripts before Nicea I (325 A.D.)							8/7/2020
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	% of book	Verses	Verses	Total
Book	quoted	quoted	not quoted	verses
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Matthew	97.6%	1045.61	25.39	1071
Mark	98.5%	668	10	678
Luke	99.7%	1147	4	1151
John	98.6%	867	12	879	John's quotes are by 200 A.D.
Acts	41.8%	419.02	583.98	1003
Romans	85.5%	370.34	62.66	433
1 Corinthians	99.4%	434.58	2.42	437
2 Corinthians	92.7%	238.28	18.72	257
Galatians	97.9%	145.83	3.17	149
Ephesians	96.8%	150	5	155
Philippians	83.2%	86.5	17.5	104
Colossians	85.9%	81.62	13.38	95
1 Thessalonians	65.6%	58.39	30.61	89
2 Thessalonians	60.2%	28.29	18.71	47
1 Timothy	55.5%	62.66	50.34	113
2 Timothy	38.1%	31.62	51.38	83
Titus	64.2%	29.53	16.47	46
Philemon	16.0%	4	21	25
Hebrews	94.0%	284.73	18.27	303
James	40.6%	43.82	64.18	108
1 Peter	100.0%	105	0	105
2 Peter	100.0%	61	0	61
1 John	61.5%	63.94	40.06	104
2 John	84.6%	11	2	13
3 John	0.0%	0	14	14
Jude	100.0%	25	0	25
Revelation	75.6%	305.35	98.65	404
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Total New Testament	85.1%	6768.11	1183.89	7952
Note that half of the verses not quoted are in the Book of Acts
Subtotals		Verses	Verses	Total
	% Quoted	quoted	not quoted	verses
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Subtotal Gospels	98.6%	3727.61	51.39	3779
Subtotal Paul	84.7%	1721.64	311.36	2033
Subtotal Gospels + Paul	93.8%	5449.25	362.75	5812
Subtotal Rest of NT	61.6%	1318.86	821.14	2140