Many assume that the Bible usage of the word “Scripture” referenceS the original autographs. However, virtually each time the word is used it is the copies or even translations of the Scriptures that are in view, e.g. it is the Scriptures that the people had access to.
“But I will shew thee that which is noted in the scripture of truth” (Dan. 10:21).
“Did ye never read in the scriptures?” (Matt. 21:42)
“Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures” (Matt. 22:29).
“How then shall the scriptures be fulfilled” (Matt. 26:54)?
“That the scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled” (Matt. 26:56).
“That the scriptures must be fulfilled” (Mark 14:49).
“The scripture was fulfilled, which saith” (Mark 15:28).
“This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears” (Luke 4:21).
“He expounded unto them in all the scriptures” (Luke 24:27).
“And while he opened to us the scriptures” (Luke 24:32).
“That they might understand the scriptures” (Luke 24:45).
“They believed the scripture, and the word which Jesus had said” (Jn.2:22).
“Search the scriptures” (Jn. 5:39).
“He that believeth on me as the scripture hath said” (Jn. 7:38).
“Hath not the scripture said” (Jn. 7:42).
“The scripture cannot be broken” (Jn. 10:35).
“That the scripture may be fulfilled” (Jn. 13:18).
“That the scripture might be fulfilled” (Jn. 17:12; 19:24; 19:36).
“Another scripture saith” (Jn. 19:37).
“They knew not the scriptures” (Jn. 20:9).
“This scripture must needs have been fulfilled” (Acts 1:16).
“The place of the scripture which he read” (Acts 8:32).
“And began at the same scripture and preached ” (Acts 8:35).
“Reasoned with them out of the scriptures” (Acts 17:2).
“They searched the scriptures daily (Acts” 17:11).
“Mighty in the scriptures” (Acts 18:24).
“Showing by the scriptures” (Acts 18:28).
“Promised before by his prophets in the holy scriptures” (Rom. 1:2).
“What saith the scripture” (Rom. 4:3)?
“The scripture saith unto Pharaoh” (Rom. 9: 17).
“The scripture saith” (Rom. 10:11).
“Wot ye not what the scripture saith” (Rom. 11:2).
Comfort of the scriptures” (Rom. 15:4).
Scriptures of the prophets” (Rom. 16:26).
“Christ died…according to the scriptures” (1 Cor. 15:3).
“He rose again…according to the scriptures” (1 Cor. 15:4).
“The scripture, foreseeing that God would justify” (Gal. 3:8).
“The scripture hath concluded all under sin ” (Gal. 3:22).
“What saith the scripture” (Gal. 4:30)?
“The scripture saith” (1 Tim. 5:18).
“That from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures” (2 Tim. 3:15).
“All scripture is given by inspiration of God” (2 Tim. 3:16).
“The royal law according to the scripture” (James 2:8).
“The scripture was fulfilled which saith” (James 2:23).
“Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain?” (James 4:5)
“It is contained in the scripture” (1 Pet. 2:6).
“No prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation” (2 Pet. 3:16).
“Wrest, as they do the other scriptures” (2 Pet. 3:16)