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The codex is one of the six most influential sources of the Greek text used in modern New Testament translations. Bezae's "Western text" differs significantly from the Alexandrian text exemplified by [[Codex Vaticanus]] and [[Codex Sinaiticus]]. Among pre-uncial papyri fragments, p²⁹, p³⁸, and p⁴⁸ support Bezae, while the Beatty papyrus (p⁴⁵) and the Bodmer papyrus (p⁷⁴) support the Alexandrian text. Church fathers Cyprian and Augustine both quoted from the Western text.<ref name="Metzger">"[http://www.bible-researcher.com/bezae-acts2.html Bruce Metzger on the “Western Text” of the Book of Acts]."</ref> When Bezae and the Alexandrian text agree, this can be considered a strong confirmation.<ref>"[https://www.biblegateway.com/resources/encyclopedia-of-the-bible/Codex-Bezae-D Codex Bezae (D)]," ''Encyclopedia of the Bible''.</ref>  

The codex is one of the six most influential sources of the Greek text used in modern New Testament translations. Bezae's "Western text" differs significantly from the Alexandrian text exemplified by [[Codex Vaticanus]] and [[Codex Sinaiticus]]. Among pre-uncial papyri fragments, p²⁹, p³⁸, and p⁴⁸ support Bezae, while the Beatty papyrus (p⁴⁵) and the Bodmer papyrus (p⁷⁴) support the Alexandrian text. Church fathers Cyprian and Augustine both quoted from the Western text.<ref name="Metzger">"[http://www.bible-researcher.com/bezae-acts2.html Bruce Metzger on the “Western Text” of the Book of Acts]."</ref> When Bezae and the Alexandrian text agree, this can be considered a strong confirmation.<ref>"[https://www.biblegateway.com/resources/encyclopedia-of-the-bible/Codex-Bezae-D Codex Bezae (D)]," ''Encyclopedia of the Bible''.</ref>  

Bezae's version of Acts is about 10 percent longer than the Alexandrian version.<ref name="Metzger05">Metzger, Bruce and Erhman, Bart, ''The Text of the New Testament'', 2005, p. 73.</ref> It is less friendly to the Jewish faith and emphasizes the work of the Holy Spirit. It provides the additional detail that Paul in Ephesus lectured from the hall of Tyrannus "from eleven o'clock to four."<ref>Acts 19:9.</ref> That is to say, Bezae feels the need to explain that Paul lectured at a time of day when Tyrannus himself customarily did not lecture.<ref name="Metzger05" /> The codex omits a clause from the decrees of the Jerusalem council,<ref>Acts 15:20, 29. Bezae omits the clause "from what has been strangled" from the decree of the Apostolic Council.</ref> and alters language used by Claudius Lysias<ref>Acts 23.26–30.</ref> and Festus.<ref>Acts 25:24–25.</ref><ref name="Metzger" /> The material in Bezae that is absent from the Alexandrian text also appears in the margins of an early Syriac manuscript.<ref>This is the Harclean Syriac manuscript.</ref> Syriac is a descendent of Aramaic, the vernacular of Palestine in the time of Jesus. Some scholars attribute various language oddities in Bezae to Syriac influence.<ref name="Metzger"/>  

Bezae's version of Acts is about 10 percent longer than the Alexandrian version.<ref name="Metzger05">Metzger, Bruce and Erhman, Bart, ''The Text of the New Testament'', 2005, p. 73.</ref> It is less friendly to the Jewish faith and emphasizes the work of the Holy Spirit. It provides the additional detail that Paul in Ephesus lectured from the hall of Tyrannus "from eleven o'clock to four."<ref>Acts 19:9.</ref> That is to say, Bezae feels a need to explain that Paul lectured at a time of day when Tyrannus himself customarily did not lecture.<ref name="Metzger05" /> The codex omits a clause from the decrees of the Jerusalem council,<ref>Acts 15:20, 29. Bezae omits the clause "from what has been strangled" from the decree of the Apostolic Council.</ref> and alters language used by Claudius Lysias<ref>Acts 23.26–30.</ref> and Festus.<ref>Acts 25:24–25.</ref><ref name="Metzger" /> The material in Bezae that is absent from the Alexandrian text also appears in the margins of an early Syriac manuscript.<ref>This is the Harclean Syriac manuscript.</ref> Syriac is a descendent of Aramaic, the vernacular of Palestine in the time of Jesus. Some scholars attribute various language oddities in Bezae to Syriac influence.<ref name="Metzger"/>  

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