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'''Textus Receptus''', or "Received Text," was a Greek text of the New Testament that was used by Reformation-era translators. The earliest edition was published by [[Erasmus]] in 1516. The [[King James Version]] is based a 1526 translation by [[William Tyndale]]. Tyndale used the third edition of Erasmus's work, published in 1521.
'''Textus Receptus''', or "Received Text," was a [[Greek]] text of the [[New Testament]] that was used by [[Reformation]]-era translators. The earliest edition was published by [[Erasmus]] in 1516. The [[King James Version]] is based a 1526 translation by [[William Tyndale]]. Tyndale used the third edition of Erasmus's work, published in 1521.
The name ''Textus Receptus'' is from a Latin phrase used in the preface of a 1624 edition by Bonaventure Elzevir: ''Textum ergo habes, nunc ab omnibus receptum.'' (So [the reader] has the text which all now receive.)<ref>Thomas Holland, ''Crowned With Glory: The Bible from Ancient Text to Authorized Version'' (Lincoln, NE: Writers Club Press, 2000), 253.</ref>
The name ''Textus Receptus'' is from a Latin phrase used in the preface of a 1624 edition by Bonaventure Elzevir: ''Textum ergo habes, nunc ab omnibus receptum.'' (So [the reader] has the text which all now receive.)<ref>Thomas Holland, ''Crowned With Glory: The Bible from Ancient Text to Authorized Version'' (Lincoln, NE: Writers Club Press, 2000), 253.</ref>