1550 Stephanus Novum Testamentum 
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The Greek New Testament 
 Textus Receptus 
Editio Regia

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Printed by Robert Stephanus (aka Robert Estienne), Paris
Royal Edition Folio 13” x 8-3/4”

  • The Greek New Testament of Robert Stephanus
  • Crisp, clean, bright pages, some light foxing
  • Heavy worm tracings at bottom corner (see pics), but with no loss of text
  • Beautiful display of the “Editio Regia”
Leaf # Verso/ Recto Page # Book Verse range List Price Availability
      Textural Apparatus 595 Available
12 a 23 Matthew 13:8s 125 Bifolia
  b 24 13:43e
13 a 25 Matthew 13:43s
  b 26 14:23e
20 a 39 Matthew 21:16s 125 Bifolia
  b 40 22:4e
21 a 41 Matthew 22:4s
  b 42 23:4e
29 a 57 Matthew 28:7 - 28:20 89 Available
  b 58 Mark intro
37 a 73 Mark 6:51s 59 Available
  b 74 7:32e
38 a 75 Mark 7:32s 59 Available
  b 76 8:34e
39 a 77 Mark 8:34s 59 Available
  b 78 9:33e
40 a 79 Mark 9:33s 59 Available
  b 80 10:22e
41 a 81 Mark 10:22s 59 Available
  b 82 11:4e
42 a 83 Mark 11:4s 59 Available
  b 84 12:9e
43 a 85 Mark 12:9s 59 Available
  b 86 12:43e
44 a 87 Mark 12:43s 59 Available
  b 88 13:37e
45 a 89 Mark 14:1 59 SOLD
  b 90 14:38e
46 a 91 Mark 14:38s 59 SOLD
  b 92 15:6e
48 a 95 Mark 16:1 - end 89 SOLD
b 96 intro
50 a 99 Luke 1:15s 59 SOLD
  b 100 1:58e
68 a 135 Luke 14:15s 125 Available
  b 136 15:18e
69 a 137 Luke 15:18s 59 Available
  b 138 16:23e
73 a 145 Luke 19:37s 59 Available
  b 146 20:27e
74 a 147 Luke 20:28s 59 Available
  b 148 21:25e
75 a 149 Luke 21:25s 59 Available
  b 150 22:31e
76 a 151 Luke 22:31s 59 Available
  b 152 23:2e
77 a 153 Luke 23:2s 59 Available
  b 154 22:43e
78 a 155 Luke 22:43s 89 Available
  b 156 24:28e
80 a 149 John intro 59 Available
  b 160
104 a 207 Acts intro 59 Available
  b 208 intro
109 a 217 Acts 4:35s 69 Available
  b 218 5:34e
110 a 219 Acts 5:34s 69 Available
  b 220 7:9e
111 a 221 Acts 7:9s 69 Available
  b 222 7:43e
112 a 223 Acts 7:43s 69 Available
  b 224 chapter 8
114 a 227 Acts chapter 9 69 Available
  b 228 chapter 10
115 a 229 Acts chapter 10 69 Available
  b 230
116 a 231 Acts chapter 11 69 Available
  b 232
117 a 233 Acts chapter 12 69 Available
  b 234 chapter 13
118 a 235 Acts chapter 13 69 Available
  b 236
119 a 237 Acts chapter 14 69 Available
  b 238
121 a 241 Acts chapter 16 69 Available
  b 242
122 a 243 Acts chapter 16 69 Available
  b 244 chapter 17
123 a 245 Acts chapter 17 69 Available
  b 246 chapter 18
124 a 247 Acts chapter 18 69 Available
  b 248 chapter 19
125 a 249 Acts chapter 19 69 Available
  b 250 chapter 20
127 a 253 Acts chapter 21 69 Available
  b 254 chapter 22
128 a 255 Acts chapter 22 69 Available
  b 256 chapter 23
129 a 257 Acts chapter 23 69 Available
  b 258
130 a 249 Acts chapter 24 69 Available
  b 260 chapter 25
131 a 261 Acts chapter 25 69 Available
  b 262 chapter 26
132 a 263 Acts chapter 26 69 Available
  b 264 chapter 27
133 a 265 Acts chapter 27 69 Available
  b 266 chapter 28
134 a 267 Acts chapter 28 69 Available
  b 268
135 a 1 Epistles Title page 495 Available
  b 2
136 a 3 Intro to the Epistles of the New Testament 59 Available
  b 4
137 a 5 Intro to the Epistle to the Romans 59 Available
  b 6
140 a 11 Romans chapter 4 89 Available
  b 12 chapter 5
147 a 25 Romans chapter 15 89 Available
  b 26
148 a 27 Romans chapter 16 89 Available
  b 28
150 a 31 1Corinthians chapter 2 89 Available
  b 32 chapter 3
151 a 33 1Corinthians chapter 4 89 Available
  b 34 chapter 5
152 a 35 1Corinthians chapter 6 89 Available
  b 36 chapter 7
153 a 37 1Corinthians chapter 7 89 Available
  b 38 chapter 8
161 a 53 2Corinthians chapter 2 89 SOLD
  b 54 chapter 3
162 a 55 2Corinthians chapter 4 89 SOLD
  b 56 chapter 5
164 a 59 2Corinthians chapter 8 89 SOLD
  b 60 chapter 9
165 a 61 2Corinthians chapter 10 89 Available
  b 62 chapter 11
166 a 63 2Corinthians chapter 11 89 Available
  b 64 chapter 12
167 a 65 2Corinthians chapter 12 89 Available
  b 66
169 a 69 Galatians chapter 3 89 Available
  b 70
170 a 71 Galatians chapter 4 195 Bifolia Available                Gal 5:22
  b 72 chapter 5
171 a 73
  b 74
173 a 77 Ephesians chapter 3 89 SOLD
  b 78 chapter 4
174 a 79 Ephesians chapter 4 89 Available
  b 80 chapter 5
183 a 97 1Thessalonians chapter 2 89 SOLD
  b 98 chapter 3
189 a 109 1Timothy chapter 5 89 Available
  b 110 chapter 6
190 a 111 1Timothy chapter 6 89 Available
  b 112 conclusion
193 a 117 2Timothy 4:17-22 125 Available
  b 118 Titus Title Page 1:1 - 1:9
194 a 119 Titus 1:10 89 Available
  b 120 3:15
196 a 123 Intro to the Epistle to the Hebrews 89 Available
  b 124
207 a 145 James chapter 3 89 Available
  b 146 chapter 4
213 a 157 2Peter chapter 1 89 SOLD
  b 158 chapter 2
214 a 159 2Peter chapter 3 89 SOLD
  b 160
225 a 181 Revelation chapter 6 89 Available
  b 182 chapter 7
226 a 183 Revelation chapter 8 89 Available
  b 184 chapter 9
228 a 187 Revelation chapter 12 89 Available
  b 188
231 a 193 Revelation chapter 16 89 Available
  b 194 chapter 17
232 a 189 Revelation chapter 18 89 Available
  b 196
  • Inclusions:
    • This listing is for the 1550 Stephanus random Bible leaf
    • Bible leaf of the Greek New Testament  - Editio Regia
    • A Certificate of Authenticity from the Historical Bible Exhibit
    • Title page shown in listing is not included, but a replica will be sent with every purchase
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The History of the 1550 Stephanus Greek New Testament 

Robert Estienne, typographer and scholar, also known as Robert Stephani, or Stephanus in Latin, was born in Paris, France 1503-1559; son of the famous printer Henri Estienne. In 1526, after the death of his father, Robert took over the printing shop. While working in Paris during the rule of King Francis I, Robert established himself as the “Royal Typographer”, the “Printer in Greek to the king” because he printed many Greek editions of classical authors, grammatical works, and other schoolbooks. But Stephanus is most famous for his printing of religious texts such as: the entire Hebrew Bible, 1539-43; and his four editions of the Greek New Testament, 1546, 1549, 1550, 1551.

Since the printing of Erasmus’ Greek New Testaments in 1516-1535, there had been no debate or challenge of the textual purity of the Greek text. The Reformation was in full force and the “Textus Receptus”, the “Received Text” although that term was not coined until 1633, was Erasmus’ Greek. Christianity, namely the Protestants of the Reformation, were more concerned with theology rather than textual criticism, until 1546 when Robert Stephanus issued his Greek New Testament publications. His first two editions of the Greek New Testament in 1546 and 1549, were substantially based on Erasmus’ text, but in 1550, he issued his “Editio Regia”, the Royal Edition, which compared other Greek manuscripts to Erasmus.

Stephanus used 15 other Greek Byzantine manuscripts along with the Complutensian Polyglot, and even two other Alexandrian Codices, who were given to him “by friends in Italy”. The result, the Byzantine manuscripts were in perfect harmony with Erasmus’ Greek text! Therefore, the work of Stephanus in 1550 standardized the Erasmus Greek New Testament as the “Received Text” for the next 500 years. This shows the hand of God carefully preserving His Word through the centuries awaiting the unveiling in the Reformation of the sixteenth century.

This third printing, in 1550, was a beautiful masterpiece, printed with a magnificent Greek font and a large folio size. This was not only the most handsome edition, but also the most important of his texts because it was the first to have a textual apparatus listing the readings of the 15 Greek manuscripts he used.

The third and fourth editions of Stephanus’ Greek New Testament standardized the Erasmus text and became the foundation for all future Bibles up to 1881. Stephanus’ work assured the dominance of the text begun by Erasmus, which was the foundation for all the translations in the common tongue of the Reformation. Textual criticism, namely the 1550 Greek Testament of Stephanus, has only strengthened the purity of the Word of God, proving its harmony and authentication of One Author, the Holy Spirit.