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[[File:Textus Receptus by Erasmus.jpeg|thumb|The last page of the 1516 edition of Textus Receptus by Erasmus]]'''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 on a 1598 edition by [[Theodore Bezae]]. Bezae used the final Erasmus text of 1535 and added footnotes with alternative readings.<ref>"[https://deeperstudy.blogspot.com/2007/10/steve-i-have-been-trying-to-find-which.html Beza's 1598]"</ref>

[[File:Textus Receptus by Erasmus.jpeg|thumb|The last page of the 1516 edition of Textus Receptus by Erasmus. A Latin translation by Erasmus is on the right.]]'''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 on a 1598 edition by [[Theodore Bezae]]. Bezae used the final Erasmus text of 1535 and added footnotes with alternative readings.<ref>"[https://deeperstudy.blogspot.com/2007/10/steve-i-have-been-trying-to-find-which.html Beza's 1598]"</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>

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>