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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 consulted the 1550 ''Edito Regia'', a 1598 reprint by Theodore Beza, and several other editions. The ''Scrivener New Testament'' reconstructs the underlying Greek text they used.

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 consulted the 1550 ''Edito Regia'', a 1598 reprint by Theodore Beza, and several other editions. The ''Scrivener New Testament'' reconstructs the underlying Greek text they used.

When the text of ''Codex Alexandrinus'', a fifth century manuscript, was published in 1786, scholars noticed that it is significantly different than TR, which is based on 12th century manuscripts. In 1881, Westcott and Hort published a revised Greek text based on ''[[Codex Vaticanus]]'' and ''[[Codex Sinaiticus]]'', both fourth century manuscripts of the same text type as ''Alexandrinus''.

In 1720, Richard Bentley proposed that TR be replaced with a Greek text based on ''Codex Alexandrinus'', a fifth century manuscript.<ref>Bentley, Richard, ''Proposals for a New Edition of the Greek Testament'', 1720.</ref> In the 19th century, Karl Lachmann developed a methodology of textual criticism which allows a textual critic to determine which manuscript variants were most likely to be from the original. In 1850, Lachmann published a Greek New Testament based on this methodology, thus implementing Bentley's proposal. In 1881, Westcott and Hort published a revised Greek text based on ''[[Codex Vaticanus]]'' and ''[[Codex Sinaiticus]]'', both fourth century manuscripts of the same text type as ''Alexandrinus''.

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.