Papyrus 95
Papyrus 95 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), designated by siglum 𝔓95, is an early copy of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Gospel of John. The surviving texts of John are verses 5:26-29,36-38. The manuscript palaeographically has been assigned to the early 3rd century.[1]
| New Testament manuscript | |
.JPG.webp) John 5:26-29 | |
| Name | P. Laur. PL II/31 |
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| Sign | 𝔓95 |
| Text | John 5:26-29,36-38 |
| Date | 3rd century |
| Script | Greek |
| Now at | Universita Degli Studi di Milano |
| Cite | J. Lenaerts, Un papyrus de l’Évangile de Jean : PL II/31, Chronique d’ Egypte 60 (1985), pp. 117-120 |
| Size | [12] x [24] cm |
| Type | Alexandrian text-type |
| Category | I |
The writing is in 35 lines per page.[2]
Text
The Greek text of this manuscript is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type, Comfort ascribed it as proto-Alexandrian, though the extant portion is too fragmentary for certainty.[2] It has not yet been placed in any of the Categories of New Testament manuscripts.[3]
- Location
The manuscript is currently housed at the Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (PL II/31) at Florence.[3][4]
Textual variants
- 5:27 Word-spacing analysis indicates that 10-14 letters intruded between the first two words of the verse
- 5:28: ακουσουσιν (shall hear (future tense)) becomes ακουσαντες (have heard (aorist tense, participle)).
- 5:36: omits second αυτα (these) through possible homoeoteleuton.
Nomina Sacra
The fragment should have the word πατήρ contracted (nomina sacra) in two places, but instead, lacuane.[5]
See also
References
- Philip W. Comfort, Encountering the Manuscripts. An Introduction to New Testament Paleography & Textual Criticism, Nashville, Tennessee: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 2005, p. 75.
- Philip W. Comfort, The Text of the Earliest New Testament Greek Manuscripts, 2001, p. 627.
- 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. 102. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
- "Liste Handschriften". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 27 August 2011.
- Jennifer Knust; Tommy Wasserman (2020). To Cast the First Stone: The Transmission of a Gospel Story. Princeton University Press. p. 79. ISBN 9780691203126.
Further reading
- Jean Lenaerts, Un papyrus de l’Évangile de Jean : PL II/31, Chronique d’ Egypte 60 (Brussels: 1985), pp. 117–120.
- Comfort, Philip W.; David P. Barrett (2001). The Text of the Earliest New Testament Greek Manuscripts. Wheaton, Illinois: Tyndale House Publishers. pp. 627–628. ISBN 978-0-8423-5265-9.
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