ASSERTION "There is no unambiguous evidence that the Byzantine Text type was known before the middle of the fourth century," D.A. Carson.
DOCUMENTATION: [Proving that assertion false.]
KJV Mk. 1:1,2 "The beginning
of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God; as it is
written in the prophets.,."
Irenaeus (130-202) "Mark . .
. does thus commence his Gospel narrative: 'The beginning
of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God, as it is written
in the prophets. . .' Plainly does the commencement of the Gospel quote
the words of the holy prophets and point out Him. . .whom they confessed
as God and Lord (Against Heresies III:10:5, :11:14, :16:3).
KJV Mk. 16:19 "So then after the
Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up into
heaven, and sat on the right hand of God."
Irenaeus (130-202) "Also, towards
the conclusion of his Gospel, Mark says: 'So then,
after the Lord Jesus had spoken to them, He was received up into
heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of God."' (Against Heresies III:l0:6)
KJV Lk 22:44 "And being in an
agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it
were great drops of blood failing down to the ground."
Justin (100~165) "For in the
memoirs which I say were drawn up by His apostles and those who followed
them, it is recorded that His sweat fell down like drops of blood while
He was praying, and saying, 'If it be possible, let this cup pass'" (Trypho103:24)
KJV Jn. 1:18 "No man hath
seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the
Father, he hath declared him."
Irenaeus (130-202) "the only
begotten Son of God, which is in the bosom of the Father. . ." (Against
Heresies III :11:6), "the only begotten Son, who. . ." (IV:20:6), "the
only begotten God, which . . ." (IV:20:11)
KJV Jn. 3:13 "And
no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even
the Son of man which is in heaven."
Hippolytus (170-236) "No
man hath ascended up to heaven, but He that came down from heaven, even
the Son of Man which is in heaven." (Against the Heresy of One Noetus I:1:4).
KJV Jn. 5:3,4 "...waiting
for the moving of the water, For an angel went down at a certain season
unto the pool, and troubled the water: whosoever then first after
the troubling of the water stepped in was made whole of whatsoever disease
he had."
Tertullian (160-221) "If it seems
a novelty for an angel to be present in 'waters, an example of what was
to come to pass has forerun. An angel, by his intervention was want
to stir the pool at Bethsaida. They who were complaining of ill-health
used to watch for him; for whoever had been the first to descend into them,
after his washing ceased to complain." (On Baptism I:l:5).
KJV Jn 6:69 "And we
believe and are sure that thou art that Christ, the Son of the living God."
lrenaeus (130~202) "By whom also
Peter, having been taught, recognized Christ as the Son of the living God..."
(Against Heresies III:11:6)
KJV Jn.14:l7 "...but ye know
him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you."
p66 (c. 200) "...shall be in
you'."
KJV Acts 8:36,37 "...See, here
is water; what doth hinder me to be baptized? And Philip said, If thou
believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said,
I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God."
Cyprian(200-258) "In the Acts
of the Apostles: 'Lo, here is water; what is there which hinders me from
being baptized? Then said Phillip, If thou believest with all thine
heart, thou mayest." (The Treatises of Cyprian 1.1:143).
KJV I Tim. 3:16 "And without controversy
great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh. . ."
Ignatius(35-116) "God was in
the flesh" (To the Ephesians 1:1:7).
Hippolytus (170-236) "God was
manifested in the flesh" (Against the Heresies of Noetus I :1:17).
Dionysius (3rd cent.) "For God
was manifested in the flesh" (Conciliations I:1:853).
KJV 1 Jn. 5:7,8 "For there
are three that bear record In heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy
Ghost: and these three are one. And there are three that bear witness in
earth, the Spirit, and the water and the blood: and these three agree
in one.
Cyprian (200-258) "The
Lord says, 'I and the Father are one,' and again it is written of the Father,
and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, ‘and these three are one.'" (The
Treatises of Cyprian I :1:6).
KJV Rev. 22:14 "Blessed are they
that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life,
and may enter in through the gates into the city."
Tertulilan (160-221) "Blessed
are they who act according to the precepts, that they may have power over
the tree of life, and over the gates, for entering into the holy city."
(On Modesty 1:19:2).
KJV 2 Pet. 3:16 "As also
in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some
things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable
wrest, as they do also the other Scriptures, unto their own destruction."
Tertullian (160-221) "Now this
heresy of yours does not receive certain Scriptures; and whichever of them
It does receive, it perverts by means of additions and diminutions, for
the accomplishment of its own purposes." (On Prescriptions Against Heresies
1:17:1).