Greek New Testament Online
1. Complutensian Polyglot Bible (1514)
Editors: Cardinal Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros and team
Publication Year: 1514 (published 1520)
Notes: First printed Greek New Testament, though second to be published.
2. Novum Instrumentum Omne (1516)
Editor: Desiderius Erasmus
Revised Editions: 1516, 1519, 1522, 1527, 1535
Notes: First published Greek New Testament; foundational for the Textus Receptus.
3. Novum Testamentum Graecum (1524–1525)
Editor: Simon de Colines
Notes: Based on Erasmus and Complutensian texts.
4. Novum Testamentum (1546, 1549, 1550, 1551)
Editor: Robert Estienne (Stephanus)
Notes: The 1550 “Editio Regia” had a critical apparatus; 1551 edition introduced verse numbers.
5. Novum Testamentum (1565–1604)
Editor: Theodore Beza
Editions: 1565, 1567, 1582, 1588, 1589, 1598, 1604
Notes: Influential in the development of the Textus Receptus and the KJV.
6. Novum Testamentum (1624, 1633)
Editors: Bonaventure and Abraham Elzevir
Notes: The 1633 edition introduced the phrase “Textus Receptus.”
7. Novum Testamentum Graece (1830–1836)
Editor: Johann Martin Augustin Scholz
Notes: One of the first to include a wide array of manuscript evidence from various textual families.
8. Novum Testamentum Graece (1831)
Editor: Karl Lachmann
Notes: Rejected the Textus Receptus; based text on early manuscripts from the first centuries.
9. Novum Testamentum Graece (1841–1872)
Editor: Constantin von Tischendorf
Editions: 8 major editions from 1841 to 1872
Notes: The 8th edition incorporated Codex Sinaiticus; monumental for critical scholarship.
10. Novum Testamentum Graece (1845)
Editor: Augustus Hahn
Notes: Influential in German scholarly circles with a full critical apparatus.
11. Novum Testamentum Graece (1860)
Editor: Samuel Prideaux Tregelles
Notes: Based strictly on ancient manuscripts; aimed for maximum objectivity.
12. The New Testament in the Original Greek (1881)
Editors: B.F. Westcott and F.J.A. Hort
Notes: Critical edition based on Vaticanus and Sinaiticus; extremely influential in modern textual criticism.
13. Novum Testamentum Graece (1894–1900)
Editor: Hermann von Soden
Notes: Introduced a complex system of manuscript families and new textual groupings.
14. Novum Testamentum Graece (1898)
Editor: Eberhard Nestle
Notes: Synthesized Tischendorf, Westcott-Hort, and Weymouth; beginning of the Nestle tradition.
15. Novum Testamentum Graece (1899–1905)
Editor: Bernhard Weiss
Notes: Alternative Alexandrian-based text, with strong influence in German academia.
16. Novum Testamentum Graece (Nestle-Aland) (1904–2012)
Editors: Eberhard Nestle, Erwin Nestle, Kurt Aland, Barbara Aland, et al.
Notes: Evolved from Nestle’s 1898 edition; NA28 (2012) is current standard in academia.
17. The Greek New Testament (Majority Text) (1982)
Editors: Zane C. Hodges and Arthur L. Farstad
Notes: Based on the Byzantine text-type; often called the Majority Text edition.
18. The Greek New Testament (Tyndale House Edition) (2017)
Editors: Dirk Jongkind and Peter Williams
Notes: Based solely on earliest manuscript evidence; conservative in emendation, focused on scribal accuracy.
