Early Christian New Testament quotes before Nicea I (325 A.D.)						Jan. 5, 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%	937.02	133.98	1071	2051	191.5%		96-98	1 Clement	16.25	2	1	6	9	0	18
Mark	78.2%	530.20	147.80	678	440	64.9%		95-110	Papias	2	1	0	2	0	0	3
Luke	85.5%	984.11	166.89	1151	1185	103.0%		c.100-117	Ignatius of Antioch	13	2	0	5	2	0	9
John	96.7%	850.22	28.78	879	1127	128.2%		c.60-120	The Didache	4.75	17	0	0	1	0	18
Acts	20.4%	204.62	798.38	1003	212	21.1%		c.70-130	Epistle of Barnabas	12.5	5	0	0	1	0	6
Romans	62.4%	270.13	162.87	433	640	147.8%		c.120-140	2 Clement	5.75	3	0	3	2	0	8
1 Corinthians	68.7%	300.17	136.83	437	1024	234.3%		100-155	Polycarp	3.5	11	1	11	5	0	28
2 Corinthians	46.4%	119.32	137.68	257	301	117.1%		c.130-200	Epistle to Diognetes	5.25	0	0	1	0	0	1
Galatians	68.0%	101.33	47.67	149	227	152.3%		c.115-155	Shepherd of Hermas	46.5	3	0	0	0	0	3
Ephesians	70.3%	108.91	46.09	155	293	189.0%		c.138-165	Justin Martyr	116.5	56	1	1	0	0	58
Philippians	42.5%	44.15	59.85	104	221	212.5%		c.172	The Diatessaron	86	1010	0	0	0	0	1010
Colossians	68.3%	64.93	30.07	95	143	150.5%		c.160-202	Irenaeus of Lyons	282.75	368	46	251	18	22	705
1 Thessalonians	37.7%	33.59	55.41	89	59	66.3%		193-220	Clement of Alexandria	389.5	366	13	445	61	4	889
2 Thessalonians	55.1%	25.92	21.08	47	41	87.2%		198-220	Tertullian	928	557	22	631	25	18	1253
1 Timothy	55.3%	62.51	50.49	113	134	118.6%		222-236	Hippolytus	218	100	2	52	3	21	178
2 Timothy	38.3%	31.77	51.23	83	68	81.9%		225-254	Origen	742	1283	42	1032	164	25	2546
Titus	32.7%	15.04	30.96	46	27	58.7%		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	396	28	263	49	59	795
Hebrews	48.8%	147.97	155.03	303	175	57.8%		killed 304	Victorinus of Petau	18.5	19	1	14	0	96	130
James	1.9%	2.06	105.94	108	13	12.0%		c.270-312	Methodius	77.5	17	0	74	1	6	98
1 Peter	42.3%	44.39	60.61	105	121	115.2%		318-325	Eusebius before Nicea	1000	149	27	91	49	7	323
2 Peter	3.8%	2.29	58.71	61	4	6.6%		95-325	66 other authors	922.55	283	47	233	84	21	832
1 John	43.5%	45.20	58.80	104	122	117.3%		95-325 CE	Totals of 87 authors	5179.8	4670	205	3066	449	279	8399
2 John	28.0%	3.64	9.36	13	5	38.5%
3 John	0.0%	0.00	14.00	14	0	0.0%
Jude	28.8%	7.19	17.81	25	9	36.0%
Revelation	56.6%	228.68	175.32	404	276	68.3%
Total New Testament	65.0%	5165.91	2786.09	7952	8399	105.6%
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	87.4%	3301.55	477.45	3779	4683	123.9%
Subtotal Paul	58.0%	1178.32	854.68	2033	3178	156.3%
Subtotal Gospels + Paul	77.1%	4479.87	1332.13	5812	7861	135.3%
Subtotal Rest of NT	32.1%	686.04	1453.96	2140	934	43.6%