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Papyrus 109

New Testament manuscript

Papyrus 109

New Testament manuscript
Name	P. Oxy. 4448
Sign	𝔓109
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	?

Papyrus 109 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), designated by siglum 𝔓¹⁰⁹, is a copy of the New TestamentinGreek. 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 LibraryatOxford.^[2]

Description[edit]

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][edit]

John 21:18 (1)

αλλοι : 𝔓¹⁰⁹ 𝔓⁵⁹ א‎ C² D W 1 33 565 pc sy^h(mg) pbo,

αλλος : A Θ Ψ ƒ¹³ ${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {M}}}$ lat

John 21:18 (2)

αποισουσιν σε : 𝔓¹⁰⁹ 𝔓⁵⁹ א‎² D W 1 33 565 pc sy^h(mg) pbo,

οισει : A B C*^(vid) Θ Ψ ƒ¹³ ${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {M}}}$ lat sy^{s, p, h}

ποιησουσιν σοι οσα: א‎*

επογουσιν σε : D*

απαγουσιν σε : D¹

οισουσιν σε : C²

John 21:23

τι προς σε

incl. : 𝔓¹⁰⁹ א‎¹ A B C^*vid W Θ Ψ ƒ¹³ ${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {M}}}$ lat sy^{p, h}

omit. : א‎* C^2vid 1 565 pc a e sy^s

John 21:25

ουδ : 𝔓¹⁰⁹ א‎¹ B D W Θ Ψ ƒ¹³ ${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {M}}}$

ουδε : A C

Transcription[edit]

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]

See also[edit]

• List of New Testament papyri
• Oxyrhynchus Papyri
• Gospel of John: chapter 21

References[edit]

Further reading[edit]

• 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[edit]

Images[edit]

• P.Oxy.LXIV 4448 from Papyrology at Oxford's "POxy: Oxyrhynchus Online"
• Image from 𝔓¹⁰⁹ recto, John 21:18-20
• Image from 𝔓¹⁰⁹ verso, John 21:23-25

Official registration[edit]

• "Continuation of the Manuscript List" Institute for New Testament Textual Research, University of Münster. Retrieved April 9, 2008