Papyrus 21
Papyrus 21 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), designated by siglum 21, is an early copy of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Gospel of Matthew, it contains only Matthew 12:24-26.32-33. The manuscript paleographically had been assigned to the early 4th century.[1]
| New Testament manuscript | |
.jpg.webp) Page recto with text of Matthew 12:24-26 | |
| Name | P. Oxy. 1227 |
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| Text | Matthew 12:24-33 † |
| Date | 4th century |
| Script | Greek |
| Found | Egypt |
| Now at | Muhlenberg College |
| Cite | B. P. Grenfell & A. S. Hunt, Oxyrynchus Papyri X, pp. 12-14 |
| Size | 11.5 cm by 4.5 cm |
| Type | mixed |
| Category | III |
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Description
The manuscript is written in large upright uncial letters.[2]
The Greek text of this codex probably is a mixture of text-types. Aland placed it in Category III.[1]
In Matthew 12:25 it has textual variant ιδων δε (instead of ειδως δε) in agreement with Codex Bezae, corrector b of the Codex Sinaiticus, 892*, the Latin text of Codex Bezae (itd), k, c, s, copbo.[3] In 12:32 it lacks words αυτω ουτε.[2]
It is currently housed at the Muhlenberg College (Theol. Pap. 3) in Allentown (Pennsylvania).[1][4]
See also
References
- 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. 97. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
- B. P., Grenfell; Hunt, A. S. (1914). Oxyrhynchus Papyri X. London. p. 12.
- UBS4, p. 43.
- "Liste Handschriften". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 23 August 2011.
Further reading
- B. P., Grenfell; Hunt, A. S. (1914). Oxyrhynchus Papyri X. London. pp. 12–14.
External links
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- Rodney J. Decker, Description and Pictures of Oxyrhyncus Papyri 1227 (= P21) and 1077
- Trexler Library, 1227. St. Matthew's gospel, xii. Muhlenberg College.