Codex Bezae

The manuscript presents Greek text on the left and Latin on the right, making it an important bilingual witness to early Christian scripture. It contains most of the four Gospels and Acts, although parts of the codex are missing.

Its version of Acts is often longer and differs substantially from the text represented by manuscripts such as Codex Vaticanus. Scholars classify many of these distinctive readings as part of the Western textual tradition, though the history of that tradition remains debated.

The codex is named after the Protestant scholar Theodore Beza, who presented it to the University of Cambridge in 1581. Cambridge University Library catalogs it as MS Nn.2.41.

No, modern critical editions compare Codex Bezae with many other Greek manuscripts, early translations, and quotations. Its unusual readings are valuable evidence, but editors do not normally adopt them simply because the codex is ancient.