This and the following chapter may come across as somewhat negative, since they both start with “why not.” In this chapter we will explain the reasons why the Tyndale House Edition does not present the reader with the so-called Textus Receptus (Lat. “the received text”). As editors, we hold that the Textus Receptus gives the text of the New Testament in a wording that shows many signs of being late, instead of being original. However, the Textus Receptus was the text