Codex Alexandrinus
Majuscule · A 02 · 5th century
A 5th-century Greek Bible that Cyril Lucar, Patriarch of Constantinople and before that of Alexandria, sent to King Charles I. It reached England in 1627, too late for the KJV’s translators. In the Gospels it is the oldest manuscript with the text most later manuscripts have; in the rest of the New Testament it often agrees with Sinaiticus and Vaticanus.
Contents
The Greek Old Testament and New Testament, with 1 and 2 Clement. Most of Matthew (to 25:6), John 6:50–8:52, and 2 Corinthians 4:13–12:6 are lost.
Where It Is Kept
British Library, London (Royal 1 D. V–VIII).
Cited For
- 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 5:3–4 “waiting for the moving of the water …”
- Romans 8:1 “who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit”
- 1 Timothy 3:16 “God”
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.
