Papyrus 106

Papyrus 106 is a fragmentary manuscript of the Gospel of John from the New Testament in Greek written on papyrus. It contains text from John 1:29-35 & 1:40-46. It is designated by the siglum Template:Papyrus in the Gregory-Aland numbering of New Testament manuscripts. Using the study of comparative writing styles (palaeography), it has been assigned to the early 3rd century. The manuscript is currently housed at the Sackler Library (Papyrology Rooms, shelf number P. Oxy. 4445) at Oxford University in Oxford, England.

Description

The manuscript is made of papyrus, and originally would have been around 12.5 cm x 23 cm in size, with about 35 lines per page. Due to pagination being extant (gamma/Γ (=3) on the front and delta/Δ (=4) on the reverse of the leaf), this indicates that the manuscript was either a single codex of John, or had John at the beginning of a collection.Template:R/superscript

Textual Character

Despite its fragmentary nature, the text of the manuscript is considered a representative of the Alexandrian text-type (or rather proto-Alexandrian), bearing familiarity to Template:Papyrus link, Template:Papyrus link, Codex Sinaiticus (Template:Larger), and Vaticanus (B).Template:R/superscript The text-types are groups of different New Testament manuscripts which share specific or generally related readings, which then differ from each other group, and thus the conflicting readings can separate out the groups.Template:R/superscript These are then used to determine the original text as published; there are three main groups with names: Alexandrian, Western, and Byzantine.Template:Rp

Some notable readings

Below are some readings of the manuscript and how they relate to other manuscripts of the New Testament.

John 1:30:

(on behalf of): Template:Papyrus Template:Papyrus link Template:Papyrus link Template:Papyrus link Template:Larger* B C* W^s pc

(concerning): Template:Larger² A C³ L Θ Ψ 0101 ƒ¹ ƒ¹³ 33 $\mathfrak{𝔐}$; Epiph

John 1:32 (1)

(saying)

omit. : Template:Papyrus Template:Larger*

incl. : Template:Papyrus link Template:Papyrus link Template:Papyrus link Template:Larger¹ A B C

John 1:32 (2)

(descended as a dove): Template:Papyrus Template:Papyrus link Template:Papyrus link A B C

(descended as if like a dove) : Template:Papyrus link K P Δ 0101 ƒ¹ ƒ¹³ 700 892 1241 1424 l 2211 pm

(as a dove descended) : Template:Larger

John 1:34

(chosen) : Template:Papyrus Template:Papyrus Template:Larger* b e ff² Syriac Curetonian (sy^{c s}).

υς () (son) : Template:Papyrus link Template:Papyrus link Template:Larger² A B C D W Θ Ψ 083

John 1:42

(of John) : Template:Papyrus Template:Papyrus link Template:Papyrus link Template:Larger B* L W^s 33 pc it co

(to John) : Θ 1241 pc vg

(Jonah) : A B² Ψ ƒ¹ ƒ¹³ $\mathfrak{𝔐}$ c q vg^cl sy bo^ms; Epiph

John 1:45

(Nazareth) : Template:Papyrus Template:Papyrus link $\mathfrak{𝔐}$

(Nazaret) : Template:Papyrus link Template:Larger A B

John 1:46

(Nazareth) : Template:Papyrus Template:Papyrus link $\mathfrak{𝔐}$

(Nazaret) : Template:Papyrus link Template:Larger A B

See also

• List of New Testament papyri
• Oxyrhynchus Papyri

Further reading

• W. E. H. Cockle, The Oxyrhynchus Papyri LXV (London: 1998), pp. 11–14.

External links

Images

• P.Oxy.LXIV 4445 from the University of Oxford's "POxy: Oxyrhynchus Online" (accessed 5 Jan 2025)

Official registration

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