“Hundreds of thousands” of variants reflects abundant manuscripts; most differences are trivial, and key readings are recoverable by early evidence.
Does the Bible Really Contain Hundreds of Thousands of Textual Variants?
We Don’t Have Copies of the Copies of the Copies of the Originals: Bart Ehrman Claims
The loss of autographs does not strand us; the New Testament is preserved in early, abundant, and cross-checking witnesses that restore the original text.
