Some of these editions, to be sure, are significant. For example, Stephanus’s third edition of 1550 is notable as the first edition ever to include notes documenting differences among some of the manuscripts consulted; his fourth edition (1551) is possibly even more significant, as it is the first edition of the Greek New Testament that divides the text into verses. Until then, the text had been printed all together, with no indication of verse division.
Verses first emerged in the mid-16th century.
