New testament Quote by Bart D. Ehrman

“essential Christian beliefs are not affected by textual variants in the manuscript tradition of the New Testament.”

— Craig Blomberg

“Our New Testament text of today is a reconstructed or restored text. It has been reconstructed by modern scholarship from three independent lines of…

— Neil R. Lightfoot

“As we will see, there are lots of other discrepancies in the New Testament, some of them far more difficult to reconcile (virtually impossible,…

— Bart D. Ehrman

If we compare the present state of the New Testament text with that of any other ancient writing, we must... declare it to be…

— B. B. Warfield

“When it comes to the New Testament, we can be confident we are reading from accurate sources, because we have so many ancient copies…

— Douglas M. Beaumont

“There exists hardly any other New Testament text that is more unambiguous and firm in Jesus’ mission on earth and his divine origin, indeed…

— Peter Schäfer

“We must realize that even though the sacred text of the scriptures could never be improved or changed, flesh certainly can!”

— Ted Roberts

“In one of my earlier books, Misquoting Jesus, I discuss the fact that we do not have the original copy of Luke, or Mark,…

— Bart D. Ehrman

“The human authors and editors of the Old Testament brought their own experiences and presuppositions to the task of writing. We don’t often think…

— Adam Hamilton

“The New Testament does not need to be rewritten, but it needs to reread.”

— Eli Lizorkin-Eyzenberg

“To return to the linguistic analogy, those who are fluent in Scripture are both able and desirous to preach on every nook and cranny…

— Brent A. Strawn

“If we believe the Canon is closed and Scripture is sufficient, then we believe God is not speaking new words apart from Scripture.”

— Dan Phillips