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Just seeing the above graph Figure C you have gotten an idea of the sheer quantity of the Majority Text manuscripts. In the modified Figure C below, taken from the latest edition of TIOTNTT, he shows not the quantity but the types, and you can see the cut in the "cone" where the ravages of Diocletian's attempt to systematically destroy all copies of the Bible impacted the number of MSS extant then. In the next post I will include his remarks after the diagram as (in this edition) they represent the most recent statistics.
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Steve Rafalsky
Elder, International Evangelical Church (Reformed)
Limassol, Cyprus
" I am set for the defense of the gospel" (Philippians 1:17)
" Strengthened with all might, according to His glorious
power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness..." (Colossians 1:11)
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Last edited by Jerusalem Blade; 11-15-2006 at 07:26 AM.
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