List of Totally or Partially Omitted, Transposed and Interpolated Bible Passages

Most Bible studies will not involve one of the most significant issues of the times, which has to do with modern Bible translations. This issue of course cannot effect one’s salvation, but will effect one’s spiritual growth, not receiving all of God’s Word and being exposed to misleading information.

The majority of those who copied scriptural manuscripts (scribes) discarded a small amount of manuscripts that did not agree with the majority of extant copies. Two sources that were rejected for copying were the codex Vaticanus and the codex Sinaiticus. The codex Alexandrinus is included but is excessively missing much of the OT and NT, along with much decadence of page condition, torn leaves and lacunae on the edges of almost every page of Revelation.

These oldest manuscript copies just recently became available (19th century) for making translations. The Vaticanus was discovered in the Vatican library and remained perdu for fifteen centuries, until it was discovered on a shelf. The Sinaiticus was discovered at St. Catherine's Monastery at the foot of Mount Sinai in Egypt. A monk was burning some of the leaves (probably to keep warm) when Constantine von Tischendorf, a German biblical scholar, located portions of the manuscript there. He first found some leaves in a waste basket during his initial visit in 1844. A larger portion of the manuscript was discovered during his subsequent visit in 1859.

The recently found manuscript copies did not wear out like the majority of extant copies because they fell into disuse due to the fact that most of the scribes would not use them for copying purposes.



Totally Omitted Passages


Matthew 17:21
Matthew 18:11
Mat 23:14
Mark 7:16
Mark 9:44
Mark 9:46
Mark 11:26
Mark 15:28
Luke 23:17
Acts 24:7
1Jn 5:7


Partially Omitted, Transposed or Interpolated Passages

Matthew 1:25
Matthew 19:9
Matthew 19:17
Matthew 20:7
Matthew 20:16
Matthew 20:22, 23
Matthew 21:12
Matthew 22:13
Matthew 23:4
Matthew 23:8
Matthew 23:19
Matthew 24:7
Matthew 25:13
Matthew 26:28
Matthew 26:60
Matthew 27:24
Matthew 27:35
Matthew 27:64
Matthew 28:2
Matthew 28:6
Matthew 28:9
Matthew 5:22
Matthew 5:44
Matthew 6:4
Matthew 6:6
Matthew 6:13
Matthew 6:18
Matthew 9:13
Matthew 15:8
Matthew 15:6
Matthew 16:3
Matthew 16:20
Matthew 18:35
Matthew 19:9
Matthew 19:17
Matthew 20:7
Matthew 20:16
Matthew 20:22, 23
Matthew 21:12
Matthew 22:13
Matthew 23:4
Matthew 23:8
Matthew 23:19
Matthew 24:7
Matthew 25:13
Matthew 26:28
Matthew 26:60
Matthew 27:24
Matthew 27:35
Matthew 27:64
Matthew 28:2
Matthew 28:6
Matthew 28:9
Mark 1:2
Mark 1:14
Mark 1:31
Mark 3:15
Mark 4:24
Mark 5:36
Mark 6:33
Mark 6:11
Mark 6:51
Mark 7:8
Mark 8:26
Mark 9:23
Mark 9:29
Mark 9:45
Mark 9:49
Mark 10:21
Mark 10:24
Mark 11:10
Mark 12:23
Mark 12:29-30
Mark 12:33
Mark 13:8
Mark 13:33
Mark 13:14
Mark 14:22
Mark 14:27
Mark 14:68
Mark 14:70
Luke 1:28
Luke 2:33
Luke 2:40
Luke 2:43
Luke 4:8
Luke 4:4
Luke 4:18
Luke 4:41
Luke 5:38
Luke 7:31
Luke 8:43
Luke 8:48
Luke 8:54
Luke 9:10
Luke 9:54
Luke 9:55
Luke 9:56
Luke 9:57
Luke 10:19
Luke 11:2
Luke 11:11
Luke 11:29
Luke 11:44
Luke 11:54
Luke 12:31
Luke 12:39
Luke 17:3
Luke 17:9
Luke 18:24
Luke 19:45
Luke 20:13
Luke 20:30
Luke 20:33
Luke 21:4
Luke 22:31
Luke 22:64
Luke 22:68
Luke 23:23
Luke 23:38
Luke 23:42
Luke 24:1
Luke 24:42
Luke 24:49
Luke 24:53
John 1:14
John 1:18
John 1:27
John 3:13
John 3:15
John 3:16
John 4:42
John 5:16
John 6:11
John 6:47
John 8:9
John 8:59
John 9:35
John 11:41
John 12:1
John 16:16
John 17:12
John 19:16
John 20:29
Acts 2:30
Acts 2:31
Acts 3:11
Acts 3:26
Acts 7:30
Acts 7:37
Acts 9:5,6
Acts 10:6
Acts 9:29
Acts 10:21
Acts 10:30
Acts 15:18
Acts 15:24
Acts 15:37
Acts 16:31
Acts 17:5
Acts 18:17
Acts 18:21
Acts 20:15
Acts 20:24
Acts 20:25
Acts 20:32
Acts 21:8
Acts 21:22
Acts 21:25
Acts 22:9
Acts 23:9
Acts 24:6
Acts 24:8
Acts 24:15
Acts 24:26
Acts 25:16
Acts 26:30
Acts 28:16
Romans 1:16
Romans 8:1
Romans 9:28
Romans 10:15
Romans 11:6
Romans 13:9
Romans 14:6
Romans 14:21
Romans 15:29
1 Corinthians 2:4
1 Corinthians 4:6
1 Corinthians 6:20
1 Corinthians 7:29
1 Corinthians 10:28
1 Corinthians 11:24
1 Corinthians 11:29
1 Corinthians 15:47
1 Corinthians 16:22-23
2 Corinthians 4:4
2 Corinthians 4:10
Galatians 3:1
Galatians 4:7
Galatians 5:21
Galatians 6:15
Ephesians 3:9
Ephesians 3:14
Ephesians 5:30
Ephesians 6:10
Philippians 3:16
Colossians 1:2
Colossians 1:14
Colossians 2:2
Colossians 2:18
Colossians 3:6
1 Thessalonians 1:1
1 Thessalonians 5:27
2 Thessalonians 1:8
1 Timothy 3:16
1 Timothy 4:12
1 Timothy 5:16
1 Timothy 6:5
2 Timothy 1:11
2 Timothy 2:9
2 Timothy 4:22
Philemon 1:12
Titus 1:4
Hebrews 1:3
Hebrews 2:7
Hebrews 7:21
Hebrews 10:9
Hebrews 10:30
Hebrews 10:34
Hebrews 11:11
Hebrews 11:37
Hebrews 12:20
1 Peter 1:22
1 Peter 4:1
1 Peter 4:14
1 Peter 5:5
1 Peter 5:10-11
2 Peter 1:21
2 Peter 2:17
2 Peter 3:10
1 John 1:7
1 John 2:7
1 John 4:3
1 John 4:9
1 John 4:19
1 John 5:7, 8
1 John 5:13
2 John 1:9
Jude 1:25
Revelation 1:8
Revelation 1:11
Revelation 1:20
Revelation 2:13
Revelation 2:15
Revelation 5:14
Revelation 6:1, 3, 5, 7
Revelation 11:17
Revelation 12:12
Revelation 12:17
Revelation 14:5
Revelation 15:2
Revelation 16:17
Revelation 18:20
Revelation 20:9
Revelation 20:12
Revelation 21:24
Revelation 22:19

bobinfaith said:

Hello netchaplain;

I overlooked this thread from August. The codex Vaticanus and Sinaiticus go back roughly 2100 years ago. Who would discover these omissions and sounding justified, prompting the publishers to update the translations accordingly?!?

If this was a major issue then it would've been important to make this research known in our Christian Churches and Bibles used to study God's Word.

This was touched briefly at seminary but I never specialized in this sort of research. How many Christians would know this information?

Christian student disciples, teachers, preachers have enough in their respective walk just striving to remain obedient to Christ and God's Inerrant Word.

It's sad to know God's Word is later decided by humans and their so called discoveries to decide whether to add, omit or improve what already is in place.

Are we to say that God made mistakes by sending His servants to produce His Good Book?

God bless you, Bob and your family.

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Hi Brother, love your reply, but I believe most Christians will never catch on to how far off the modern versions are from the Traditional Text manuscripts. I have no doubt that this travesty has contributed to many weak believers ceasing from church attendance and praying; it may even be part of the "falling away" group (2Th 2:3; 1Ti 4:1; 2Ti 4:3). "The vaticanus and sinaiticus dates to the first half of the 4th century CE, making it roughly 1,700 years old" -AI Google

Love you and your Family! God blessings to you all, and God be blessed!!

bobinfaith said:

Good morning, netchaplain;

I'm getting back to you a little late this week and wanted to ask, since your time out earlier this year have you been feeling better, health wise?

One thought came to me after reading your thread. Would you agree that many of these "omissions" are minor errors from manuscripts handwritten and copied (by human) over and over for several centuries?

If this is correct then I don't feel it effects God's inerrant Word and the original doctrine intended.

God bless you, Bob, and hope your family is doing well.

Bob

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Hi Brother Bob, and yes I'm back to normal. The modern translators claim that the Traditional Bibles contain added phrases and words. I just sent out another message about the translations that may answer your questions. The main point is that all translations come from only two manuscript copy sources--Majority Text or Minority Text. The primary problem with the Minority Text is that they are missing a lot of Scripture, and the modern translators claim the Traditional Bible adds words. The Lord Jesus said, "Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God" (Mat 4:4). Thus, these translations are disqualified from being the Word of God. There are a lot of doctrinal passages missing!

bobinfaith said:

It started with only two manuscripts and look how spread out it had gotten.

It no doubt changed Christian belief through the years and I have to hope the expanse has been for strengthening our study as disciples.

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My name is Bob also so you can call me Bob to if. I sure do appreciate you and your replies and comments. Their genuinely truth seeking, unlike some who need not to attempt to support what may not be truth. All just need to "seek" the truth to "find" it (Mat 7:7).

LearningToLetGo said:

What's the gist of this? Is this related to the Dead Sea Scrolls?

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Hi and appreciate your interest in this issue. The DSS are just the Old Testament:

"The Dead Sea Scrolls don't follow one single manuscript text; rather, they include texts from several different ancient traditions, with some aligning with the later Masoretic Text (MT), but others sharing variations with the Septuagint (LXX) and the Samaritan Pentateuch (SP). This collection of diverse texts reveals that in antiquity, the Hebrew Bible existed in multiple slightly different textual forms before the Masoretic Text became the standardized form." -Google AI

bobinfaith said:

netchaplain, as the author of this thread do you mind breaking the terminology and it's meanings a bit more for our members?

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I will be reiterating myself because much of the material is really basic. Firstly, their are no known autographs of the Bible writes, so the entire collection of manuscripts are copies only from the work of scribes:

"All original biblical manuscripts, or autographs, are believed to have become nonexistent by the end of the 2nd century or early 3rd century AD, with some potentially fading from use centuries earlier. They were lost due to the use of perishable materials, purposeful destruction, and simply wearing out over time. Constant copying was one way of them waring out. Reverent scribes who made new copies would often destroy the older, worn-out originals to prevent the text from being defiled." Google AI

There are only 2 sets of manuscript copies from which all Bible translations are derived: the Majority Text (MAT or Traditional Text)) and the Minority Text (MIT or Alexandrian Text). The MAT consist of most extant copies (5,800 copies) and MIT consist of much fewer copies (30 copies) from recently discoveries of the oldest texts copies (discovered in 19th-20th centuries, but were written in the late 2nd-the 4th century CE.).

These copies were rejected by the scribes due to being excessively inconsistent from most of the available copies. They remained perdu for 1500 years; the Vaticanus was rediscovered on a shelf in the Vatican library; and the Sinaiticus was rediscovered at Saint Catherine's Monastery, located at the foot of Mount Sinai in Egypt.-Google AI

LearningToLetGo said:

This is quite interesting. Is it fair to say the majority text is simply the text used by the majority of scribes, same for the minority? In that case it's less about what is correct vs what most believe to be correct. That brings us back to opinion, at least until/if we have a Dead Sea Scrolls kind of event.

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The "Majority Text" is a collection consisting of most of available manuscript copies (5,800). The "Minority Text" consists of only 30 manuscripts, which are the oldest because the scribes would not use them for copying purposes; they didn't ware out from being copied like the Majority Text did. After copying a worn manuscript, the scribe would destroy it to prevent anyone misusing it.

LearningToLetGo said:

What do you mean?

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When a scribe sees a manuscript copy that is worn from being copied a lot, they make sure nobody misuses it by destroying it.

forgiven61 said:

pardon my coming in on the thread.. but why is there not more elaboration on this subject.. example is this saying the scriptures are not as authentic or is a certain group watering it down ? there does seem to be some confusion

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Yes, there basically are two groups of manuscript copies, and one of them are corrupted!