Early Christian New Testament quotes plus
manuscripts before Nicea I (325 A.D.) |
Dec 31, 2022 |
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This
is on the web at
www.biblequery.org/Bible/BibleReliability/EarlyChristanNTQuotes.xlsx |
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% of book |
Verses |
Verses |
Total |
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Book |
quoted |
quoted |
not quoted |
verses |
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Matthew |
91.7% |
982.07 |
88.93 |
1071 |
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Mark |
78.7% |
533.29 |
144.71 |
678 |
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Luke |
96.1% |
1106.5 |
44.5 |
1151 |
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John |
98.6% |
867 |
12 |
879 |
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Acts |
43.9% |
439.91 |
563.09 |
1003 |
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Romans |
86.1% |
373.02 |
59.98 |
433 |
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1 Corinthians |
99.5% |
435 |
2 |
437 |
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2 Corinthians |
92.7% |
238.28 |
18.72 |
257 |
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Galatians |
98.3% |
146.46 |
2.54 |
149 |
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Ephesians |
96.8% |
150 |
5 |
155 |
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Philippians |
83.2% |
86.5 |
17.5 |
104 |
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Colossians |
85.9% |
81.62 |
13.38 |
95 |
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1 Thessalonians |
65.6% |
58.39 |
30.61 |
89 |
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2 Thessalonians |
60.2% |
28.29 |
18.71 |
47 |
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1 Timothy |
55.5% |
62.66 |
50.34 |
113 |
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2 Timothy |
38.1% |
31.62 |
51.38 |
83 |
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Titus |
64.2% |
29.53 |
16.47 |
46 |
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Philemon |
16.0% |
4 |
21 |
25 |
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Hebrews |
94.0% |
284.73 |
18.27 |
303 |
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James |
40.6% |
43.82 |
64.18 |
108 |
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1 Peter |
100.0% |
105 |
0 |
105 |
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2 Peter |
100.0% |
61 |
0 |
61 |
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1 John |
49.6% |
51.58 |
52.42 |
104 |
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2 John |
84.6% |
11 |
2 |
13 |
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3 John |
0.0% |
0 |
14 |
14 |
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Jude |
100.0% |
25 |
0 |
25 |
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Revelation |
75.7% |
305.82 |
98.18 |
404 |
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Total New Testament |
82.3% |
6542.09 |
1409.91 |
7952 |
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Note
that 40% of the verses not quoted are in the Book of Acts |
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Subtotals |
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Verses |
Verses |
Total |
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% Quoted |
quoted |
not quoted |
verses |
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Subtotal Gospels |
92.3% |
3488.86 |
290.14 |
3779 |
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Subtotal Paul |
84.9% |
1725.37 |
307.63 |
2033 |
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Subtotal Gospels + Paul |
89.7% |
5214.23 |
597.77 |
5812 |
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Subtotal Rest of NT |
62.0% |
1327.86 |
812.14 |
2140 |
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