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Papyrus 𝔓

New Testament manuscript
Text	Gospel of John 3; 4 †
Date	ca. 500
Script	Greek
Found	Egypt
Now at	Berlin State Museums
Cite	O. Stegmüller, Zu den Bibelorakeln im Codex Bezae, Biblica 34 (1953), pp. 13-22.
Size	18.5 x 15 cm
Type	Alexandrian text-type
Category	II

Papyrus 63 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), designated by 𝔓, is a copy of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Gospel of John. The surviving text of John are verses 3:14-18; 4:9-10. The manuscript paleographically had been assigned to the 4th century (or 5th century).

Text

The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type, but with some the Byzantine readings. Aland placed it in Category II.

καθω̣ς̣ μ̣ωυσης υψωσεν τον οφιν ε̣ν̣ τη ερη̣μω ουτως υψωθηναι δει τον υιον του ανθ̣ρ̣ω̣πο̣υ̣ ι̣ν̣ π̣α̣ς̣ ο̣ π̣ω̣ν̣ ε̣ι̣ς̣ α̣υτον μ̣η απολη̣ι̣ α̣λ̣λ̣ εχ̣η̣ ζωην αιωνιον

ουτως γαρ ηγ̣απ̣η̣σεν ο θεο̣ς τον κοσμον ωσ̣τ̣ τ̣ο̣ν υιο̣ν αυτου τον̣ μ̣ο̣ν̣γ̣ε̣ν̣η̣ εδωκεν εις τον̣ ον ι̣να̣ ο̣ π̣ιστευων εις τ̣ο̣ν̣ μ̣η αποληται α̣λ̣λ εχ̣η̣ ζω̣ α̣ιωνιον ο̣υ̣ γ̣α̣ρ̣ π̣τ̣ν̣ ο̣ θ̣εος τ̣ον υιον̣ αυτ̣ου εις το̣ ο̣σμ αλλ ινα σ̣ωθ̣η̣ κοσ̣μ̣ο̣ς̣ δ̣ι αυτου ο πιστ̣ε̣υ̣ων εις αυ̣τον ου̣ κρινετ̣α̣ι̣ ο δ̣ε μη πιστευων ηδ̣η και κ̣ρ̣νεται̣ οτι μη πε̣πιστ̣υ̣κεν ε̣ις το ονομα το̣υ̣ μονογενου̣ς̣ υιου του θυ̅

In John 3:16 it has the textual variant υιον αυτου supported by the manuscript's second corrector of Sinaiticus (א), A, L, Θ, Ψ, 063, 083, 086, 0113, f, f, Byz, Didache.

Location

The codex is currently housed at the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (Inv. 11914) in Berlin.

See also

• John 3, John 4
• List of New Testament papyri

References

1. ^ Aland, Kurt; Aland, Barbara (1995). The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism. Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.). Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. p. 100. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
2. "Liste Handschriften". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 26 August 2011.

Further reading

• Otto Stegmüller, Zu den Bibelorakeln im Codex Bezae, Biblica 34 (1953), pp. 13–22.

External links

• Digital image of P63 at CSNTM
• Papyrus 63 - images: Multiply.com

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