Editing Codex Alexandrinus (section)

==Textual features==
[[File:End of 2 Peter and Beginning of 1 John in Alexandrinus.JPG|thumb|left|220px|The end of the 2 Epistle of Peter and the beginning of the [[First Epistle of John|1 Epistle of John]] in the same column]]
[[Textual criticism|Textual critics]] have had a challenging task in classifying the text of the codex, specifically when it comes to the New Testament; the exact relationship to other [[Textual criticism#New_Testament|text-types]] and manuscript families is still disputed, and as such the Greek text of the codex is considered to be of mixed text-types.{{r|Aland}} The text-types are groups of different New Testament manuscripts which share specific or generally related readings, which then differ from each other group, and thus the conflicting readings can separate out the groups. These are then used to determine the original text as published; there are three main groups with names: [[Alexandrian text-type|Alexandrian]], [[Western text-type|Western]], and [[Byzantine text-type|Byzantine]].{{r|Ehrman|pp=205–230}} The codex is a representative of the [[Byzantine text-type]] in the Gospels (the text-type's oldest example),{{r|Ehrman}} and the rest of the New Testament books are of the [[Alexandrian text-type]], with some [[Western text-type|Western]] readings. As the text in the codex is believed to have come from several different traditions, different parts of the codex are not of equal textual value.{{r|Ehrman}} [[Kurt Aland|Aland]] placed it in [[Categories of New Testament manuscripts#Category III|Category III]] in the Gospels, and in [[Categories of New Testament manuscripts#Category I|Category I]] in rest of the books of the New Testament according to his manuscript text classification system.{{r|Aland}} Category III manuscripts are described as having "a small but not a negligible proportion of early readings, with a considerable encroachment of [Byzantine] readings, and significant readings from other sources as  yet unidentified";{{r|Aland|p=335}} Category I manuscripts are depicted as featuring "a very high proportion of the early text, presumably the original text, which has not been preserved in its purity in any one manuscript."{{r|Aland|p=335}} 
;Text of the Gospels
The Byzantine text of the Gospels has a number of [[Alexandrian text-type|Alexandrian]] features, with some affinities to the textual [[Family Π]]. Biblical scholar and textual critic [[Hermann von Soden]] associated the text of the gospels with [[Family Π]], though it is not a pure member of this family.<ref>{{Cite book | first=Silva | last=Lake | title=Family Π and the Codex Alexandrinus: The Text According to Mark | year=1936 | publisher=Christophers | location=London | url=https://archive.org/details/MN41429ucmf_4}}</ref> According to biblical scholar and textual critic [[B. H. Streeter|Burnett Streeter]], it is the earliest Greek manuscript which gives us approximately the text of [[Lucian of Antioch|Lucian the Martyr]] (who is believed to have created a critical recension of both the Old and New Testaments), but a small proportion of the readings seem to be earlier.<ref name="Thiessen">{{Cite book | first=Henry Clarence | last=Thiessen | title=Introduction to the New Testament | page=45 | orig-year=First Published 1943 | year=1976 | publisher=[[William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company]] | location=Grand Rapids, Michigan}}</ref>
; Text of the rest of the codex
Alexandrinus follows the Alexandrian readings through the rest of the New Testament; however, the text goes from closely resembling [[Codex Sinaiticus]] in the [[Pauline epistles]] to more closely resembling the text of a number of [[Papyrus|papyri]] ({{papyrus link|74}} for [[Acts of the Apostles|Acts]], {{papyrus link|47}} for [[Revelation of John|the Apocalypse]]). The text of [[Acts of the Apostles|Acts]] frequently agrees with the biblical quotations made by the 4th century Christian writer [[Athanasius of Alexandria]].<ref>{{Cite journal | first=H. | last=Nordberg | title=The Bible Text of St. Athanasius | journal=Arctos, Acta Philologica Fennica | volume=III | year=1962 | pages=119–141}}</ref> In the Pauline Epistles its text is closer to [[Codex Sinaiticus]] than to [[Codex Vaticanus]]. In the General Epistles it represents a different subtype than [[Codex Sinaiticus]] and [[Codex Vaticanus]].{{r|Waltz}} In [[Book of Revelation|Revelation]] it agrees with [[Codex Ephraemi]] and {{papyrus link|115}} against [[Codex Sinaiticus]] and {{papyrus link|47}}.{{r|Aland}} According to Metzger, in [[Book of Revelation|Revelation]] and in several books of the Old Testament it has the best text of all manuscripts.{{r|Metzger}} In the Old Testament its text often agrees with [[Codex Sinaiticus]].

=== Some Textual Variants ===
====Old Testament====

{{bibleref|Genesis|5:25}}
:{{lang|grc|εκατον και '''ογδοηκοντα''' επτα ετη}} (''187 years'') – '''A'''
:{{lang|grc|εκατον και '''εξηκοντα''' επτα ετη}} (''167 years'') – [[Codex Vaticanus Graecus 1209|B]]

{{bibleref|Deuteronomy|31:15}}
:{{lang|grc|εν στυλω}} (''in a pillar'') – '''A'''
:{{lang|grc|εν νεφελη}} (''in a cloud'') – [[Codex Vaticanus Graecus 1209|B]]<ref name="RahlfsSept">''Septuaginta'', ed. A. Rahlfs, Stuttgart 1979, vol. 1</ref>{{rp|345}}

{{bibleref|Joshua|10:42}}
:{{lang|grc|ελαβεν}} (''took'') – '''A'''
:{{lang|grc|επαταξεν}} (''struck'') – [[Codex Vaticanus Graecus 1209|B]]{{r|RahlfsSept|p=373}}

{{bibleref|Joshua|11:1}}
:{{lang|grc|μαδων}} (''maroon'') – '''A'''
:{{lang|grc|μαρρων}} (''mud'') – [[Codex Vaticanus Graecus 1209|B]]{{r|RahlfsSept|p=373}}

{{bibleref|Judges|18:30}}
:{{lang|grc|υιος Μανασση}} – '''A'''
:{{lang|grc|υιου Μωυση}} – [[Codex Vaticanus Graecus 1209|B]]{{r|RahlfsSept|p=480}}

{{bibleref|Ezra|10:22}} (9:22 LXX)
:{{lang|grc|[[Ocidelus|Ωκειδηλος]]}} – '''A'''
:{{lang|grc|Ωκαιληδος}} – [[Codex Vaticanus Graecus 1209|B]]{{r|RahlfsSept|p=900}}

{{bibleref|Psalm|9:35}}
:{{lang|grc|κοπον}} (''work'') – '''A'''
:{{lang|grc|πονον}} (''pain'') – [[Codex Vaticanus Graecus 1209|B]]<ref name="RahlfsSept2">''Septuaginta'', ed. A. Rahlfs, Stuttgart 1979, vol. 2, p. 9.</ref>

====New Testament====

{| class="wikitable"
| colspan=3| '''Example of differences between Family Π and Codex Alexandrinus in Mark 10:50–51'''
|-
! Family Π
! Codex Alexandrinus
! Differences
|-
| {{lang|grc|ο δε αποβαλων το ιματιον αυτου αναστας <br /> ηλθε προς τον {{overline|ιν}}· και αποκριθεις <br /> ο {{overline|ις}} λεγει αυτω τι σοι θελεις ποιησω; <br /> ο δε τυφλος ειπεν αυτω· ραββουνι ινα αναβλεψω·}}
| {{lang|grc|ο δε αποβαλων το ιματιον αυτου αναστας}} <br /> '''{{lang|grc|ηλθεν}}''' {{lang|grc|προς τον {{overline|ιν}}· και αποκριθεις <br /> λεγει αυτω}} '''{{lang|grc|ο {{overline|ις}}}}''' {{lang|grc|τι θελεις ποιησω}} '''{{lang|grc|σοι}}'''· <br /> {{lang|grc|ο δε τυφλος ειπεν αυτω· ραββουνι ινα αναβλεψω·}}
| – <br /> [[Movable nu|Ν εφελκυστικον]] <br /> order of words <br /> – <br />
|-
| Having discarded his cloak, standing up <br /> he came towards Jesus. And in response, <br /> Jesus said to him, "What for you do you want me to do?<br /> The blind man said to him, "Rabbi: that I would be able to see."
| Having discarded his cloak, standing up <br /> he '''came''' towards Jesus. And in response, <br /> said to him '''Jesus''', "What do you want me to do '''for you'''? <br /> The blind man said to him, "Rabbi: that I would be able to see."
|}

[[Mark 16#Alternate endings|Mark 16:9–20]]
:incl. – '''A''' [[Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus|C]] [[Codex Bezae|D]] [[Codex Cyprius|K]] [[Codex Washingtonianus|W]] [[Codex Tischendorfianus IV|Γ]] [[Codex Sangallensis 48|Δ]] [[Codex Koridethi|Θ]] [[Family 13|ƒ{{sup|13}}]] [[Minuscule 28|28]] [[Minuscule 33|33]] [[Minuscule 565|565]] [[Minuscule 700|700]] [[Minuscule 892|892]] 1241 1424 '''ℓ''' ''844'' '''ℓ''' ''2211'' Byz
:omit – {{larger|{{script|Hebr|[[Codex Sinaiticus|א]]}}}} [[Codex Vaticanus Graecus 1209|B]] k sy{{sup|s}} arm<ref name="nestle26">{{Cite book | title=Nestle-Aland Novum Testamentum Graece | editor-first1=Kurt | editor-last1=Aland | editor1-link=Kurt Aland | editor-first2=Matthew | editor-last2=Black | editor2-link=Matthew Black | editor-first3=Carlo M. | editor-last3=Martini | editor3-link=Carlo Maria Martini | editor-first4=Bruce M. | editor-last4=Metzger | editor4-link=Bruce Metzger | editor-first5=Allen | editor-last5=Wikgren | editor5-link=Allen Wikgren | year=1981 | publisher=Deutsche Bibelstiftung | location=Stuttgart | isbn=3-438-051001 | edition=26}} (NA26)</ref>{{rp|148–149}}

{{bibleref|Luke|4:17}}
:{{lang|grc|ἀνοίξας}} (''opened'') – '''A''' [[Codex Vaticanus Graecus 1209|B]] [[Codex Regius (New Testament)|L]] [[Codex Washingtonianus|W]] [[Codex Zacynthius|Ξ]] [[Minuscule 33|33]] [[Minuscule 892|892]] 1195 1241 '''ℓ''' ''547'' {{proper name|[[Syriac Sinaiticus|syr{{sup|s, }}]]}}{{sup|h, }}{{sup|p}} [[Coptic versions of the Bible#Sahidic|sa]] [[Coptic versions of the Bible#Bohairic|bo]]
:{{lang|el|ἀναπτύξας}} (''unrolled'') – {{larger|{{script|Hebr|[[Codex Sinaiticus|א]]}}}} [[Codex Bezae|D]]{{sup|c}} [[Codex Cyprius|K]] [[Codex Sangallensis 48|Δ]] [[Codex Koridethi|Θ]] [[Codex Petropolitanus (New Testament)|Π]] [[Codex Athous Lavrensis|Ψ]] [[Family 1|ƒ{{sup|1}}]] [[Family 13|ƒ{{sup|13}}]] [[Minuscule 28|28]] [[Minuscule 565|565]] [[Minuscule 700|700]] 1009 1010 Byz<ref name="Metz-Comm">{{Cite book | first=Bruce Manning | last=Metzger | title=A Textual Commentary on the Greek New Testament | year=2000 | publisher=[[Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft]] | location=Stuttgart }}</ref>{{rp|xiii}}

{{bibleref|John|1:39}}
:{{lang|grc|ωρα ην ως εκτη}} (''about the sixth hour'') – '''A'''
:{{lang|grc|ωρα ην ως δεκατη}} (''about the tenth hour'') – Majority of manuscripts{{r|nestle26|p=249}}

{{bibleref|Acts|8:39}}
:{{lang|grc|πνεῦμα ἅγιον ἐπέπεσεν ἐπὶ τὸν εὐνοῦχον, ἄγγελος δέ κυρίου ἥρπασεν τὸν Φίλιππον}} (''the Holy Spirit fell on the eunuch, and an angel of the Lord caught up Philip'') – '''A''' [[Minuscule 94|94]] [[Minuscule 103|103]] [[Minuscule 307|307]] [[Minuscule 322|322]] [[Minuscule 323|323]] [[Minuscule 385|385]] [[Minuscule 453|453]] [[Minuscule 467|467]] 945 1739 1765 1891 2298 [[Minuscule 2818|2818]] p [[Latin Vulgate|vg]] syr{{sup|h}}
:{{lang|grc|πνεῦμα κυρίου}} (''spirit of the Lord'') – majority of manuscripts{{r|nestle26|p1=345|Metz-Comm|p2=316}}

{{bibleref|Acts|11:20}}
:{{lang|grc|Ἔλληνας}} (''Greeks'') – '''A''' {{papyrus link|74}} {{larger|{{script|Hebr|[[Codex Sinaiticus|א]]}}}}{{sup|c}} [[Codex Bezae|D]]
:{{lang|grc|εὐαγγελιστάς}} (''Evangelists'') – {{larger|{{script|Hebr|[[Codex Sinaiticus|א]]}}}}*
:{{lang|grc|Ἑλληνιστάς}} (''Hellenists'') – Majority of manuscripts{{r|nestle26|p=461}}

{{bibleref|Acts|15:18}}
:{{lang|grc|γνωστῶν ἀπ᾿ αἰῶνος τῷ κυρίῳ τὸ ἔργον αὐτοῦ}} – '''A''' {{Papyrus link|74}}
:{{lang|grc|γνωστὰ ἀπʼ αἰῶνος}} – {{larger|{{script|Hebr|[[Codex Sinaiticus|א]]}}}} [[Codex Vaticanus Graecus 1209|B]] [[Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus|C]] [[Codex Athous Lavrensis|Ψ]] [[Minuscule 33|33]] [[Minuscule 81|81]] [[Minuscule 323|323]] 1175 1505 [[Coptic versions of the Bible|co]]; [[Eusebius|Eus]]
:{{lang|grc|γνωστὰ ἀπʼ αἰῶνός ἐστιν τῷ θεῷ πάντα τὰ ἔργα αὐτοῦ}} – Majority of manuscripts{{r|nestle26|p=475}}

[[Acts 20:28]]
:{{lang|grc|του κυριου}} (''of the Lord'') – '''A''' {{papyrus link|74}} [[Codex Ephraemi|C*]] [[Codex Bezae|D]] [[Codex Laudianus|E]] [[Codex Athous Lavrensis|Ψ]] [[Minuscule 33|33]] [[Minuscule 36|36]] [[Minuscule 453|453]] 945 [[Minuscule 1739|1739]] 1891
:{{lang|grc|του θεου}} (''of God'') – {{larger|{{script|Hebr|[[Codex Sinaiticus|א]]}}}} [[Codex Vaticanus Graecus 1209|B]] [[Minuscule 614|614]] 1175 1505 [[Latin Vulgate|vg]] sy [[Coptic versions of the Bible#Bohairic|bo]]{{sup|ms}}{{r|nestle26|p=384}}<ref group="n">For other variants of this verse see: [[Textual variants in the New Testament#Acts of the Apostles|Textual variants in the Acts of the Apostles]].</ref>

{{bibleref|Romans|2:5}}
:{{lang|grc|ανταποδοσεως}} (''reward'') – '''A''' (singular reading)
:{{lang|grc|αποκαλυψεως}} (''revelation'') – Majority of manuscripts{{r|nestle26|p=411}}

{{bibleref|Romans|8:1}}
:{{lang|grc|Ιησου μη κατα σαρκα περιπατουσιν}} – '''A''' [[Codex Claromontanus|D]]{{sup|1}} [[Codex Athous Lavrensis|Ψ]] [[Minuscule 81|81]] [[Minuscule 629|629]] 2127 [[Latin Vulgate|vg]]
:{{lang|grc|Ιησου}} – {{larger|{{script|Hebr|[[Codex Sinaiticus|א]]}}}}* [[Codex Vaticanus Graecus 1209|B]] [[Codex Claromontanus|D]]* G 1739 1881 d g [[Coptic versions of the Bible#Sahidic|sa]] [[Coptic versions of the Bible#Bohairic|bo]] eth
:{{lang|grc|Ιησου μη κατα σαρκα περιπατουσιν αλλα κατα πνευμα}} – Majority of manuscripts<ref name="UBS3">{{Cite book| title=The Greek New Testament | editor-first1=Kurt | editor-last1=Aland | editor1-link=Kurt Aland | editor-first2=Matthew | editor-last2=Black | editor2-link=Matthew Black | editor-first3=Carlo M. | editor-last3=Martini | editor3-link=Carlo Maria Martini | editor-first4=Bruce M. | editor-last4=Metzger | editor4-link=Bruce Metzger | editor-first5=Allen | editor-last5=Wikgren | editor5-link=Allen Wikgren | publisher=United Bible Societies | edition=3rd | location=Stuttgart |year=1983}} (UBS3)</ref>{{rp|548}}

{{bibleref|1 Corinthians|2:1}}
:{{lang|grc|μυστηριον}} (''mystery'') – '''A''' {{papyrus link|46}}{{sup|(vid)}} {{larger|{{script|Hebr|[[Codex Sinaiticus|א]]}}}}* [[codex Ephraemi Rescriptus|C]] [[Minuscule 88|88]] [[Minuscule 436|436]] a r sy{{sup|p}} [[Coptic versions of the Bible#Bohairic|bo]]
:{{lang|grc|μαρτυριον}} (''witness'') – Majority of manuscripts{{r|UBS3|p=581}}

{{bibleref|1 Corinthians|7:5}}
:{{lang|grc|τη προσευχη}} (''prayer'') – '''A''' {{papyrus link|11}}{{sup|(vid)}} {{papyrus link|46}} {{larger|{{script|Hebr|[[Codex Sinaiticus|א]]}}}}* [[Codex Vaticanus Graecus 1209|B]] [[Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus|C]] {{larger|{{script|Hebr|[[Codex Sinaiticus|א]]}}}} [[Codex Boernerianus|G]] [[Codex Porphyrianus|P]] [[Codex Athous Lavrensis|Ψ]] [[Minuscule 33|33]] [[Minuscule 81|81]] [[Minuscule 104|104]] [[Minuscule 181|181]] 630 1962 [[Vetus Latina|it]] [[Latin Vulgate|vg]] [[Coptic versions of the Bible#Sahidic|sa]] [[Coptic versions of the Bible#Bohairic|bo]] arm eth
:{{lang|grc|τη νηστεια και τη προσευχη}} (''fasting and prayer'') – Majority of manuscripts{{r|UBS3|p=591}}

{{bibleref|Ephesians|1:7}}
:{{lang|grc|χρηστοτητος}} – '''A''' [[Minuscule 365|365]] [[Coptic versions of the Bible#Bohairic|bo]]
:{{lang|grc|χαριτος}} – Majority of manuscripts{{r|nestle26|p=504}}

{{bibleref|Ephesians|4:14}}
:{{lang|grc|του διαβολου}} (''of the devil'') – '''A''' (singular reading)
:{{lang|grc|της πλανης}} (''of deceit'') – Majority of manuscripts{{r|nestle26|p=509}}

[[First Epistle to Timothy|1 Timothy]] 3:16
:{{lang|grc|ὃς ἐφανερώθη}} (''who was manifested'') – '''A'''* {{larger|{{script|Hebr|[[Codex Sinaiticus|א]]}}}}* [[Codex Ephraemi|C]]* [[Codex Boernerianus|G]] [[Minuscule 33|33]] [[Minuscule 365|365]] [[Minuscule 442|442]] 2127 '''ℓ''' ''599''
:{{lang|grc|θεός ἐφανερώθη}} (''God was manifested'') – '''A'''{{sup|2}} {{larger|{{script|Hebr|[[Codex Sinaiticus|א]]}}}}{{sup|e}} [[Codex Ephraemi|C]]{{sup|2}} [[Codex Claromontanus|D]]{{sup|c}} [[Codex Mosquensis I|K]] [[Codex Angelicus|L]] [[Codex Porphyrianus|P]] [[Codex Athous Lavrensis|Ψ]] [[Minuscule 81|81]] [[Minuscule 330|330]] [[Minuscule 630|630]] 1241 [[Minuscule 1739|1739]] Byz{{r|Metz-Comm|nestle26|p1=xiii 573|p2=545}} <ref group="n">Metzger's notation, A{{sup|vid}} (for {{lang|la|vidētur}}), signifies the reading is damaged and cannot be established with certainty.</ref>

{{bibleref|Hebrews|13:21}}
:{{lang|grc|παντι εργω και λογω αγαθω}} (''every good work and word'') – '''A''' (singular reading)
:{{lang|grc|παντι εργω αγαθω}} (''every good work'')- Majority of manuscripts{{r|UBS3|p=778}}

{{bibleref|1 John|5:6}}
:{{lang|grc|δι' ὕδατος καὶ αἵματος καὶ πνεύματος}} (''through water and blood and spirit'') – '''A''' {{larger|{{script|Hebr|[[Codex Sinaiticus|א]]}}}} [[Minuscule 104|104]] [[Minuscule 424|424{{sup|c}}]] [[Minuscule 614|614]] [[Minuscule 1739|1739{{sup|c}}]] 2412 2495 '''ℓ''' ''598''{{sup|m}} sy{{sup|h}} [[Coptic versions of the Bible#Sahidic|sa]] [[Coptic versions of the Bible#Bohairic|bo]]; [[Origen]]
:{{lang|grc|δι' ὕδατος καὶ αἵματος}} (''through water and blood'') – Majority of manuscripts{{r|UBS3|p=823}} <ref group="n">For other variants of this verse see: [[Textual variants in the New Testament#First Epistle of John|Textual variants in the First Epistle of John]].</ref>
:New Testament scholar and textual critic [[Bart D. Ehrman|Ehrman]] identified it as Orthodox corrupt reading.<ref>{{Cite book | first=Bart D. | last=Ehrman | author-link=Bart D. Ehrman | title=The Orthodox Corruption of Scripture | page=60 | year=1993 | publisher=Oxford University Press | location=Oxford  | isbn=978-0199739783 }}</ref>

{{bibleref|Revelation|1:17}}
:{{lang|grc|πρωτοτοκος}} (''firstborn'') – '''A''' (singular reading)
:{{lang|grc|πρωτος}} (''the first'') – Majority of manuscripts{{r|nestle26|p=634}}

{{bibleref|Revelation|5:9}}
:{{lang|grc|ἠγόρασας τῷ θεῷ}} (''redeemed to God'') – '''A''' eth
:{{lang|grc|ἠγόρασας τῷ θεῷ ἡμᾶς}} (''redeemed us to God'') – All other manuscripts containing this verse - {{rp|848}}
[[File:Codex alexandrinus.jpg|thumb|right|180px|Text of ''Luke 12:54–13:4'' in '''Codex Alexandrinus''']]

===Non-included Verses===

{{bibleref|Mark|15:28}}
:omit – A {{larger|{{script|Hebr|[[Codex Sinaiticus|א]]}}}} [[Codex Vaticanus Graecus 1209|B]] [[Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus|C]] [[Codex Bezae|D]] [[Codex Athous Lavrensis|Ψ]] Lect [[Codex Bezae|d]] k sy{{sup|s}} [[Coptic versions of the Bible#Sahidic|sa]] [[Coptic versions of the Bible#Bohairic|bo]]
:incl. – Majority of manuscripts{{r|Metz-Comm|p=99}}

{{bibleref|Luke|22:43–44}} ([[Christ's agony at Gethsemane]])
:omit – A {{Papyrus link|75}} {{larger|{{script|Hebr|[[Codex Sinaiticus|א]]}}}}* [[Codex Vaticanus Graecus 1209|B]] [[Codex Borgianus|T]] [[Codex Washingtonianus|W]] [[Minuscule 579|579]] 1071 '''ℓ''' ''844'' f sy{{sup|s}} [[Coptic versions of the Bible#Sahidic|sa]] [[Coptic versions of the Bible#Bohairic|bo]]{{sup|pt}}
:incl. – Majority of manuscripts{{r|Metz-Comm|p=151}}

{{bibleref|Acts|8:37}}
:incl. – [[Codex Laudianus|E]] [[Minuscule 323|323]] [[Minuscule 453|453]] 945 1739 1891 2818
:omit – A Majority of manuscripts{{r|Metz-Comm|p=315}}

{{bibleref|Acts|15:34}}
:incl. – {{papyrus link|127}} [[Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus|C]] [[Minuscule 33|33]] [[Codex Bezae|D]]*{{sup|, 1}} [[Minuscule 323|323]] [[Minuscule 453|453]] [[Minuscule 614|614]] sy{{sup|h**}} [[Coptic versions of the Bible#Sahidic|sa]] [[Coptic versions of the Bible#Bohairic|bo]]{{sup|mss}}
:omit – A {{papyrus link|74}} {{larger|{{script|Hebr|[[Codex Sinaiticus|א]]}}}} [[Codex Vaticanus Graecus 1209|B]] [[Codex Laudianus|E]] [[Codex Angelicus|L]] [[Codex Athous Lavrensis|Ψ]] [[Minuscule 81|81]] Majority of manuscripts{{r|Metz-Comm|p=388}}

{{bibleref|Acts|24:7}}
:omit – A {{papyrus link|74}} {{larger|{{script|Hebr|[[Codex Sinaiticus|א]]}}}} [[Codex Vaticanus Graecus 1209|B]] [[Codex Angelicus|L]] [[Codex Porphyrianus|P]] [[Uncial 049|049]] [[Minuscule 81|81]] 1175 1241 p* s [[Latin Vulgate|vg{{sup|st}}]] [[Coptic versions of the Bible|co]]
:incl. – [[Codex Laudianus|E]] [[Codex Athous Lavrensis|Ψ]] [[Minuscule 33|33]] [[Minuscule 323|323]] [[Minuscule 614|614]] 945 1505 1739 2464 gig sy{{sup|p}}{{r|Metz-Comm|p=434}}

{{bibleref|Acts|28:29}}
:omit – A {{papyrus link|74}} {{larger|{{script|Hebr|[[Codex Sinaiticus|א]]}}}} [[Codex Vaticanus Graecus 1209|B]] [[Codex Laudianus|E]] [[Codex Athous Lavrensis|Ψ]] [[Uncial 048|048]] [[Minuscule 33|33]] [[Minuscule 81|81]] 1175 1739 2464 s sy{{sup|p}} [[Coptic versions of the Bible|co]]
:incl. – Majority of manuscripts{{r|Metz-Comm|p=444}}

{{bibleref|Romans|16:24}}
:omit – A {{papyrus link|46}} {{papyrus link|61}} {{larger|{{script|Hebr|[[Codex Sinaiticus|א]]}}}} [[Codex Vaticanus Graecus 1209|B]] [[Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus|C]] [[Minuscule 81|81]] 1739 2464 b [[Coptic versions of the Bible|co]]
:incl. – Majority of manuscripts{{r|Metz-Comm|p=476}}

Alexandrinus is an important witness for the absence of ''[[Jesus and the woman taken in adultery|Pericope Adultera]]'' (John 7:53–8:11). [[Caspar René Gregory|Gregory]] asserted in regard to the lost two leaves (John 6:50–8:52), "For by counting the lines we can prove that it was not in the book. There was not room for it".{{r|Gregory|p1=30|Greg-Canon|p2=343}} A similar counting involving missing leaves is done with [[Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus|Codex Ephraemi]].{{r|Metz-Comm|p=187}}