We don't even have copies of the copies of the originals, or copies of the copies of the copies of the originals. What we have are copies made later—much later.

Compare Craig A. Evans: "Some have jokingly responded by saying that in the first printing of Misquoting Jesus, hardback printing about a hundred thousand copies or so, there were twelve typographical errors, and of course those twelve errors get repeated a hundred thousand times, and so there are 1.2 million errors in Misquoting Jesus, there are more errors than words." (Interview with Apologetics315, 17 October 2011)