| New Testament manuscript | |
| Name | P. Oxy. 81 5259 |
|---|---|
| Sign | 𝔓133 |
| Text | 1 Timothy 3:13-4:8 |
| Date | 3rd century |
| Script | Greek |
| Found | Oxyrhynchus |
| Now at | University of Oxford, Sackler Library, Oxford, England |
| Cite | J. Shao, The Oxyrhynchus Papyri, vol. 81, no. 5259, Egypt Exploration Society: London, England, 2016. |
| Size | 16.3 x 4.5 in (27 x 13 cm) |
| Type | Mixed |
Papyrus 133 (designated as 𝔓133 in the Gregory-Aland numbering system) is what remains of an early copy of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the First Epistle to Timothy. The text survives on several fragments of a single leaf containing parts of verses 3:13-16 and 4:1-8. The manuscript has been assigned paleographically to the middle of the 3rd century.1
Location
𝔓133 is housed at the Sackler Library (P. Oxy. 81 5259) at the University of Oxford.2
Textual variants
- 3:13: It reads ΤΗΝ (accusative relative pronoun) rather than the usual reading of ΤΗ (dative).3
- 3:14: It omits ΠΡΟΣ ΣΕ (to you) along with F G 6 1739 1881.
- 4:6: According to the reconstruction of Shao, it contains the Alexandrian sequence χυ ιυ (Christ Jesus).
References
References
- J. Shao, The Oxyrhynchus Papyri, vol. 81, no. 5259, Egypt Exploration Society: London, England, 2016.
- "Liste Handschriften". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
- Brice Jones, Two New Greek New Testament Papyri from Oxyrhynchus Archived 2017-06-28 at the Wayback Machine.