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In 1550 Robert Stephanus produced a beautifully printed edition that added footnotes containing text from the Bezae and Regius codices. This is considered the classic edition of TR and is referred to as ''Editio Regia'' (royal edition). In 1551, Stephanus added a verse numbering system that is still used in modern Bibles. As for the text itself, Stephanus did little to improve on what Erasmus published. Since Stephanus had access to a significantly wider range of primary sources, this suggested that the Erasmus text was already being treated with undue reverence. The KJV translators used both the 1550 ''Edito Regia'' and a 1598 reprint by Theodore Beza.

In 1550 Robert Stephanus produced a beautifully printed edition that added footnotes containing text from the Bezae and Regius codices. This is considered the classic edition of TR and is referred to as ''Editio Regia'' (royal edition). In 1551, Stephanus added a verse numbering system that is still used in modern Bibles. As for the text itself, Stephanus did little to improve on what Erasmus published. Since Stephanus had access to a significantly wider range of primary sources, this suggested that the Erasmus text was already being treated with undue reverence. The KJV translators used both the 1550 ''Edito Regia'' and a 1598 reprint by Theodore Beza.

In the 19th century, the authority of Textus Receptus was challenged by the emerging science of text criticism. Even though 90 percent of surviving manuscripts are of the Byzantine type that Erasmus used, F. J. A. Hort argued that this text type must be discounted because it developed later than the Alexandrian text. In 1881, Hort and Westcott published a revised Greek text based on this theory. This text is based on [[Codex Vaticanus]] (4th century) and [[Codex Sinaiticus]] (5th century), Alexandrian texts that pre-date the manuscripts Erasmus used by 800 years.

When Codex Alexandrinus, a fifth century manuscript, arrived in Britain in the 17th century, scholars noticed that this text is both older and significantly different than the late Byzantine manuscripts that Erasmus used. In 1881, Hort and Westcott published a revised Greek text based on [[Codex Vaticanus]] (4th century) and [[Codex Sinaiticus]] (5th century). These are both manuscripts of the Alexandrian type.

Among modern translations, the [[New King James Version]] uses TR, while the [[New International Version]], the [[New American Standard Bible]], and the [[English Standard Version]] use the Alexandrian text.

Among modern translations, the [[New King James Version]] uses TR, while the [[New International Version]], the [[New American Standard Bible]], and the [[English Standard Version]] use the Alexandrian text.