This is problematic for at least two reasons:
- Almost the entire New Testament is quoted in the works of the Early Church Fathers.
- The New Testament has always been widely dispersed. For example: When this letter is read among you, have it also read in the church of the Laodiceans; and you, for your part read my letter that is coming from Laodicea. (Col 4:16)
What this means is that the New Testament, and the Bible as a whole actually, was passed around and copied in a distributed, organic way. From the 5800 New Testament manuscripts that we have in various languages and from various locations, we are able to reconstruct the original text with a high degree of confidence.
What we read in the Quran does not apply to the Bible:
Surah Al Baqarah ch:2, v:79
"Then woe to those who write the Book with their own hands and then say, "This is from Allah," to purchase with it a little price! Woe to them for what their hands have written and woe to them for that they earn (there by)."
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