Papyrus 109
Papyrus 109 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), designated by siglum 109, is a copy of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Gospel of John, containing verses 21:18-20 & 21:23-25 in a fragmentary condition. The manuscript has been palaeographically assigned by the INTF to the early 3rd century CE. Papyrologist Philip Comfort dates the manuscript to the middle-late 2nd century CE.[1] The manuscript is currently housed at the Papyrology Rooms (P. Oxy. 4448) of the Sackler Library at Oxford.[2]
New Testament manuscript | |
Name | P. Oxy. 4448 |
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Sign | 109 |
Text | Gospel of John 21:18-20, 23-25 |
Date | 3rd century |
Script | Greek |
Found | Oxyrhynchus, Egypt |
Now at | Sackler Library |
Cite | W. E. H. Cockle, OP LXV (1998), pp. 19-20 |
Size | 7.9 x 4.1 cm |
Type | unknown |
Category | ? |
Description
The original manuscript probably measured 12 cm x 24 cm, with 26 lines per page. The handwriting script is representative of the Reformed Documentary style.[3] The text is too small to determine its textual character.[1]
Textual variants[4]
John 21:18 (1)
John 21:18 (2)
- αποισουσιν σε : 109, 59, א 2, D, W, 1, 33, 565, pc, syhmg, pbo,
- οισει : A, B, C*vid, Θ, Ψ, f13, lat sys.p.h
- ποιησουσιν σοι οσα: א*
- επογουσιν σε : D*
- απαγουσιν σε : D1
- οισουσιν σε : C2
John 21:23
- τι προς σε
John 21:25
Transcription
John 21:18-20. 23-25
- 18 [λες οταν δε γηρασης εκτε]ν̣ε̣ι[ς
- τας χειρας σου κ]αι αλλοι
- [αποι]ο̣υσιν̣ σ̣ε̣
- [οπου ου θελεις 19 τ]ουτο̣ δ̣ε
- [ειπεν σημαινων ποιω] θ̣α̣
- [νατω δοξασει τον θν και]
- [τουτο ειπων λεγει αυ]τ̣ω̣ ακο
- [λουθει μοι 20 επιστραφ]ε̣ι̣ς̣ ο̣
- [πετρος βλεπει τον] μ̣αθ̣η̣
- 23 μ[ε]νε̣[ιν εως ερχομαι τι]
- προς σ̣[ε 24 ουτος εστιν ο μα]
- θητης [ο και μαρτυρων πε]
- ρι τουτ̣[ων και ο γραψας]
- τ̣α̣υ̣[τα και οιδαμεν οτι]
- [αληθης αυτου η μαρτυρια]
- ε̣σ[τιν 25 εστιν δε και αλλα]
- πολ̣λ̣[α α εποιησεν ο ιης̅ α]
- τινα̣ [εαν γραφηται καθ εν]
- ο̣υ̣δ̣ [αυτον οιμαι τον κοσμον]
References
- Philip W. Comfort, Encountering the Manuscripts. An Introduction to New Testament Paleography & Textual Criticism, Nashville, Tennessee: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 2005, p. 76.
- "Liste Handschriften". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 27 August 2011.
- Comfort, P. W., & Barrett, D. P. (2001). The text of the earliest New Testament Greek manuscripts, p. 653
- Taken from NA27 Edition Apparatus, and http://ntvmr.uni-muenster.de/nt-transcripts Archived 2015-06-13 at the Wayback Machine
Further reading
- W. E. H. Cockle, The Oxyrhynchus Papyri LXV (London: 1998), pp. 19–20.
- Comfort, Philip W.; David P. Barrett (2001). The Text of the Earliest New Testament Greek Manuscripts. Wheaton, Illinois: Tyndale House Publishers. pp. 653–655. ISBN 978-0-8423-5265-9.
External links
Images
- P.Oxy.LXIV 4448 from Papyrology at Oxford's "POxy: Oxyrhynchus Online"
- Image from 109 recto, John 21:18-20
- Image from 109 verso, John 21:23-25
Official registration
- "Continuation of the Manuscript List" Institute for New Testament Textual Research, University of Münster. Retrieved April 9, 2008