Even if all the manuscripts were destroyed, the New Testament text could be reproduced almost entirely from quotations of it in the writings of the early Church leaders. To date, over a million quotations from the New Testament by leaders of the early Church have been cataloged.
| Author (Date) | Gospels | Acts | PaulineEpistles | GeneralEpistles | Revelation | Totals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Justin Martyr (100–165) | 268 | 10 | 43 | 6 | 3 | 330 |
| Irenaeus (c.125-202) | 1,038 | 194 | 499 | 23 | 65 | 1,819 |
| Clement (150-215) | 1,107 | 44 | 1,127 | 207 | 11 | 2,406 |
| Origen (185-254) | 9,231 | 349 | 7,778 | 399 | 165 | 17,992 |
| Tertullian (160-220) | 3,822 | 502 | 2,609 | 120 | 205 | 7,258 |
| Hippolytus (170-236) | 734 | 42 | 387 | 27 | 188 | 1,378 |
| Eusebius (263-339) | 3,258 | 211 | 1,592 | 88 | 27 | 5,176 |