▁were ▁initially ▁una ware ▁of ▁its ▁value . ▁This ▁changed ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 th ▁century ▁when ▁trans cri ptions ▁of ▁the ▁full ▁code x ▁were ▁completed . ▁It ▁was ▁at ▁that ▁point ▁that ▁sch ol ars ▁real ised ▁the ▁text ▁differ ed ▁significantly ▁from ▁the ▁Text us ▁Re cept us . ▁ ▁Most ▁current ▁sch ol ars ▁consider ▁the ▁Code x ▁V at ican us ▁to ▁be ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁best ▁Greek ▁texts ▁of ▁the ▁New ▁Testament , ▁with ▁the ▁Code x ▁S ina it icus ▁as ▁its ▁only ▁compet itor . ▁Until ▁the ▁discovery ▁by ▁T isch endorf ▁of ▁S ina it icus , ▁V at ican us ▁was ▁un riv aled . ▁It ▁was ▁extens ively ▁used ▁by ▁West c ott ▁and ▁H ort ▁in ▁their ▁edition ▁of ▁The ▁New ▁Testament ▁in ▁the ▁Original ▁Greek ▁in ▁ 1 8 8 1 . ▁The ▁most ▁widely ▁sold ▁ed itions ▁of ▁the ▁Greek ▁New ▁Testament ▁are ▁largely ▁based ▁on ▁the ▁text ▁of ▁the ▁Code x ▁V at ican us . ▁Code x ▁V at ican us ▁is ▁regarded ▁as ▁" the ▁oldest ▁ext ant ▁copy ▁of ▁the ▁Bible ". ▁ ▁Cont ents ▁▁ ▁Code x ▁V at ican us ▁originally ▁contained ▁a ▁virt ually ▁complete ▁copy ▁of ▁the ▁Sept u ag int ▁(" L XX "), ▁lack ing ▁only ▁ 1 - 4 ▁Mac c abe es ▁and ▁the ▁P ray er ▁of ▁Man asse h . ▁The ▁original ▁ 2 0 ▁leaves ▁containing ▁Gen esis ▁ 1 : 1 –