Papyrus 77
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| Name | P. Oxy. 2683 and 4405 |
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| Text | Matthew 23 † |
| Date | 2nd/3rd century |
| Script | Greek |
| Found | Egypt |
| Now at | Sackler Library |
| Cite | L. Ingrams, P. Kingston, P. Parsons, and J. Rea, OP XXXIV (1968), pp. 4-6. |
| Size | 4.6 cm x 7 cm |
| Type | Alexandrian text-type |
| Category | I |
Papyrus 77 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), designated by 77, is an early copy of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Gospel of Matthew. The surviving texts of Matthew are verses 23:30-39. 77 is written in an elegant hand. The manuscript palaeographically has been assigned a date anywhere from the middle 2nd century to the early 3rd century.[1]
According to Comfort together with Papyrus 103 probably belongs to the same codex.[2]
- Text
The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type. Aland ascribed it as a “at least normal text”, and placed it in Category I.[3] 77 has the closest affinity with Codex Sinaiticus.[2]
- Present location
It is currently housed at the Sackler Library (P. Oxy. 2683) in Oxford.[3][4]
Textual Variants
- 23:30: Rearranges the words αυτων κοινωνοι (their partners) to κοινωνοι αυτων (partners their).
- 23:37: Has variant spelling ορνιξ for ορνις (hen).
- 23:37: Originally omitted και from the text. Scribe added it later superlinearly between πτερυγας and ουκ.
- 23:38: According to the transcription from the University of Münster Institute for New Testament Textual Research, the scribe omitted ερημος (desolate).[5] According to the transcription of Philip Comfort and David Barrett however, the scribe included it.[6]
See also
References
- ^ Philip Comfort and David Barrett, Text of the Earliest NT Greek Manuscripts pp 609
- ^ a b Philip W. Comfort, Encountering the Manuscripts. An Introduction to New Testament Paleography & Textual Criticism, Nashville, Tennessee: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 2005, p. 73.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ "Liste Handschriften". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 27 August 2011.
- ^ Institute for New Testament Textual Research
- ^ Philip Comfort and David Barrett, Text of the Earliest NT Greek Manuscripts, pp. 611
Further reading
- L. Ingrams, P. Kingston, Peter Parsons, and John Rea, Oxyrhynchus Papyri, XXXIV (London: 1968), pp. 4–6.
- Comfort, Philip W.; David P. Barrett (2001). The Text of the Earliest New Testament Greek Manuscripts. Wheaton, Illinois: Tyndale House Publishers. pp. 609–611. ISBN 978-0-8423-5265-9.
Images
- P.Oxy.LXVI 2683 from Papyrology at Oxford's "POxy: Oxyrhynchus Online"
- Papyrus 77 recto
- Papyrus 77 verso
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