Though it is not known exactly when Christians began to use the codex, one reference work states: “So universal is the Christian use of the codex in the second century that its introduction must date well before A.D. 100. ”
فَعِنْدَمَا كَانَ عَلَى وَشْكِ أَنْ يُجْلَدَ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ ،‏ سَأَلَ ضَابِطًا رُومَانِيًّا :‏ « أَيَحِلُّ لَكُمْ أَنْ تَجْلِدُوا إِنْسَانًا رُومَانِيًّا وَغَيْرَ مَحْكُومٍ عَلَيْهِ ؟‏ » .‏