Changes

The first edition was put together hurriedly based on manuscripts available locally in Basel. Erasmus made numerous corrections for the second and third editions. These were the most influential editions, the ones used by Luther and Tyndale. For the fourth edition, changes were made after consulting the ''Complutensian Polyglot Bible.'' This text was published by Cardinal Ximenes in Spain in 1520. It is based on manuscripts kept at the Vatican Library in Rome. Erasmus published a fifth and final edition in 1536.

The first edition was put together hurriedly based on manuscripts available locally in Basel. Erasmus made numerous corrections for the second and third editions. These were the most influential editions, the ones used by Luther and Tyndale. For the fourth edition, changes were made after consulting the ''Complutensian Polyglot Bible.'' This text was published by Cardinal Ximenes in Spain in 1520. It is based on manuscripts kept at the Vatican Library in Rome. Erasmus published a fifth and final edition in 1536.

For his 1551 edition, French publisher Stephanus used the text from the later editions of Erasmus. He added verse numbering and extensive footnotes. In 1598, [[Theodore Beza]] reprinted the text and footnotes from Stephanus and added a Latin translation of his own. The translators of the [[King James Version]] used the Beza edition of TR.<ref name="Greek">"[https://deeperstudy.blogspot.com/2007/10/steve-i-have-been-trying-to-find-which.html Greek Text Behind the King James (Authorised Version)]"</ref>

For his 1551 edition, French publisher Stephanus used the text from the later editions of Erasmus. He added verse numbering and extensive footnotes. In 1598, [[Theodore Beza]] reprinted the Stephanus edition with a few minor changes. This is the edition used by translators of the [[King James Version]].<ref name="Greek">"[https://deeperstudy.blogspot.com/2007/10/steve-i-have-been-trying-to-find-which.html Greek Text Behind the King James (Authorised Version)]"</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>