Codex Bezae
Majuscule · D 05 · 5th century
A Greek and Latin book of the Gospels and Acts from about 400, the Greek on the left page and the Latin facing it. The Reformer Theodore Beza had it from the monastery of St Irenaeus in Lyons and gave it to Cambridge University in 1581. It has many readings found in no other Greek manuscript, especially in Luke and Acts, where its text is often longer. Its Gospels are in the order Matthew, John, Luke, Mark.
Contents
The Gospels and Acts, with gaps, and a Latin page of 3 John.
Where It Is Kept
Cambridge University Library (Nn. 2.41).
Cited For
- Matthew 17:21 “Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting”
- Mark 9:29 “and fasting”
- Mark 11:26 “But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive your trespasses”
- Mark 16:9–20 “Now when Jesus was risen early the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven devils …”
- John 7:53–8:11 “And every man went unto his own house …”
- Acts 17:26 “blood”
Majuscules (or uncials) are written in capital letters, usually on parchment, from the 4th century to the 10th. Each has a number beginning with 0, and the best known also a letter: A 02, B 03.
