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Papyrus 111

Papyrus 111 is a copy of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Gospel of Luke, containing verses 17:11-13 & 17:22-23 in a fragmentary condition. It is designated by the siglum 𝔓111 in the Gregory-Aland numbering of New Testament manuscripts. Using the study of comparative writing styles (palaeography), it has been assigned by the INTF to the 3rd century CE. Papyrologist Philip Comfort dates the manuscript to the first half of the 3rd century CE. The manuscript is currently housed at the Sackler Library at Oxford.

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Papyrus 111
New Testament manuscript
Recto, Luke 17:11-13
Recto, Luke 17:11-13
NameP. Oxy. 4495
Sign𝔓111
TextLuke 17:11–13,22-23
Date3rd century
ScriptGreek
FoundOxyrhynchus, Egypt
Now atSackler Library
CiteW. E. H. Cockle, OP LXVI (1999), pp. 19–20
Size[22] x [12] cm
TypeAlexandrian text-type
Categorynone
NoteConcurs with 𝔓75

Papyrus 111 is a copy of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Gospel of Luke, containing verses 17:11-13 & 17:22-23 in a fragmentary condition. It is designated by the siglum 𝔓111 in the Gregory-Aland numbering of New Testament manuscripts. Using the study of comparative writing styles (palaeography), it has been assigned by the INTF to the 3rd century CE.1 Papyrologist Philip Comfort dates the manuscript to the first half of the 3rd century CE.2 The manuscript is currently housed at the Sackler Library (Papyrology Rooms, P. Oxy. 4495) at Oxford.1

Description

Verso, Luke 17:11-13 source ↗

Due to the fragmentary nature of the manuscript, it's not possible to determine the manuscript page's original width and length. From the extant text, Comfort estimates around 21-22 lines a page. The extant text conforms with 𝔓75. The handwriting script is representative of the Documentary style.3

The manuscript has only one nomen sacrum extant: ιηυ for Ιησους (Jesus).

Some notable readings

Below taken from the Nestle-Aland 27th Edition Apparatus 4

Luke 17:12(1)

απηντησαν : 𝔓111 𝔓75 A B W Ψ Majority of manuscripts
υπηντησαν : א L N Θ ƒ13 579 892 1241 2542 al

Luke 17:12(2)

πορωθεν : 𝔓111
πορρωθεν : 𝔓75 אb A B W Ψ Majority of manuscripts

Luke 17:22

του επιθυμησαι : 𝔓111 D 157 ƒ13
οτε επιθυμησεται : א A Bc
οτε επιθυμησηται : B*
οτε επιθυμησητε : 𝔓75 Majority of manuscripts
See also

See also

References

References

  1. "Liste Handschriften: Papyrus 111". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 27 August 2011.
  2. Comfort, Philip Wesley (2005). Encountering the Manuscripts. An Introduction to New Testament Paleography & Textual Criticism. Nashville, Tennessee: Broadman & Holman Publishers. p. 186.
  3. Comfort, Philip Wesley; David P. Barrett (2001). The Text of the Earliest New Testament Greek Manuscripts. Wheaton, Illinois: Tyndale House Publishers. p. 659. ISBN 978-0-8423-5265-9.
  4. See http://ntvmr.uni-muenster.de/nt-transcripts Archived 2015-06-13 at the Wayback Machine
Further reading

Further reading

  • W. E. H. Cockle, The Oxyrhynchus Papyri LXVI (London: 1999), pp. 19–20.
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