Papyrus 95
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Papyrus 95 is an early copy of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Gospel of John in a fragmentary condition. It is designated by the siglum Template:Papyrus in the Gregory-Aland numbering of New Testament manuscripts. The surviving texts of John are verses 5:26-29,36-38. Using the study of comparative writing styles (palaeography), it has been assigned to the early 3rd century.[1]
Description
The writing is in 35 lines per page.Template:R The fragment should have the word πατήρ contracted (known as a nomen sacrum) in two places, however the place where these would appear is missing due to the fragmentary nature of the manuscript.[2] The manuscript is currently housed at the Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (PL II/31) at Florence.Template:R[3]
Text
The Greek text of this manuscript is considered a representative of the Alexandrian text-type. Papyrologist and biblical scholar Philip Comfort describes it as proto-Alexandrian, though the extant portion is too fragmentary for certainty.[4] It has not yet been placed in any of the Categories of New Testament manuscripts.[5]
Textual variants
- 5:27 Word-spacing analysis indicates that 10-14 letters intruded between the first two words of the verse
- 5:28: ακουσουσιν (akousousin, 'shall hear' (future tense)) becomes ακουσαντες (akousantes, 'have heard' (aorist aspect, participle)).
- 5:36: omits second 'αυτα' (auta, these) through possible homoeoteleuton.
See also
References
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Images
- Digital Images of Template:Papyrus online at the CSNTM
- Description with Greek text.
Further reading
- Jean Lenaerts, Un papyrus de l’Évangile de Jean : PL II/31, Chronique d’ Egypte 60 (Brussels: 1985), pp. 117–120.