Papyrus 22, designated by 𝔓22 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering of New Testament manuscripts), is an early copy of the New TestamentinGreek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Gospel of John, only containing extant John 15:25-16:2, 21–32. Using the study of comparative writings styles, (palaeography), the manuscript has been dated to the early 3rd century CE.[1] It is the only identified New Testament papyrus to have been written originally as a roll; not a codex or re-using the back of a scroll.
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| Name | P. Oxy. 1228 |
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| Text | John 15-16 † |
| Date | 3rd century |
| Script | Greek |
| Found | Egypt |
| Now at | Glasgow University Library |
| Cite | B. P. Grenfell & A. S. Hunt, Oxyrynchus Papyri’' X, (London 1914), pp. 14-16 |
| Size | 18.5 x 5 cm |
| Type | Alexandrian text-type |
| Category | I |
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The text was written in two consecutive columns on a roll. The reverse side is blank.[2] The manuscript employs conventional Nomina Sacra: ΠΣ ΠΝΑ ΠΡΣ ΠΡΑ ΙΗΣ ΑΝΟΣ. The text contains no punctuation marks.[3]
The Greek text of this codex is considered a representative of the Alexandrian text-type. Aland described it as a normal text and placed it in Category I.[1] This manuscript displays an independent text.[2] Coincidences with the Codex Sinaiticus are frequent, but divergences are noticeable.[3] There are no singular readings.[4] According to Schofield the fragment rather represents the eclecticism of the early papyri before the crystallizing of the textual families had taken place.[2]
It is currently housed at the Glasgow University Library (MS Gen 1026) in Glasgow.[1][5]