The new edition, which was printed in its original Greek, was published on Wednesday by researchers from Tyndale House, a bible research institute in Cambridge University.
Dr Dirk Jongkind, vice-principal of the institute, explained to The Times the motive behind the new publication.
He said: “There are errors that have been copied and transcribed [over the centuries].
“The advantage of knowing the whole transmission history is that you can see when certain errors were introduced and how they became almost universally accepted.”
The new version took ten years to produce and the researchers have said it could pave the way for more accurate English translations.
The New Testament was originally written in an early form of Greek in the first century but was translated into Latin.
A new edition was published in the original Greek by Dutch Renaissance humanist Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus, in 1516, which relied on early texts.
Dr Jongkind explained errors in earlier versions of the New Testament occurred for a number of reasons including when scribes included elements from Matthew’s gospel while transcribing Mark’s because they wrote from memory.
He said: Previous editors have allowed themselves considerable liberty in standardising spelling, making paragraph divisions, deciding punctuation and other matters.
“This may hide significant data about the origin and even interpretation of the Greek New Testament.”
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