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{{short description|Copy of the New Testament in Greek}}
{{New Testament manuscript infobox
| form  = Papyrus
| number= '''108'''
| image = P108-Joh-17 23-24-POxy4447-III.jpg
| isize =
| caption= 
| name  = [[Oxyrhynchus Papyri|P. Oxy. 4447]]
| sign  = {{papyrus|108}}
| text  = [[Gospel of John]] 17:23-24; 18:1-5
| script= [[Greek language|Greek]]
| date  = 2nd / 3rd century
| found = Oxyrhynchus, Egypt
| now at= [[Sackler Library]]
| cite  = W. E. H. Cockle, ''OP'' LXV (1998), pp. 16-18
| size  = 10.5 x 6.2 cm
| type  = [[Alexandrian text-type]]
| cat   =
| hand  =
| note  =concurs with [[Codex Sinaiticus|א]]
}}

'''Papyrus 108''' is a copy of the [[New Testament]] in [[Greek language|Greek]]. It is a [[papyrus]] [[manuscript]] of the [[Gospel of John]], containing verses 17:23-24 (the end of the [[Farewell Discourse]]) and 18:1-5 in a fragmentary condition. It is designated by the [[siglum]] {{papyrus|108}} in the [[Biblical manuscript#Gregory-Aland|Gregory-Aland]] numbering of New Testament manuscripts. Using the study of comparartive writing styles ([[paleography]]), it has been assigned to the late 2nd or early 3rd Century CE.<ref name="Comfort">{{Cite book | first=Philip Wesley | last=Comfort | author-link=Philip Comfort | title=Encountering the Manuscripts: An Introduction to New Testament Paleography & Textual Criticism | page=76 | year=2005 | publisher=Broadman & Holman Publishers | location=Nashville, Tennessee}}</ref>
The manuscript is currently housed at the Papyrology Rooms (P. Oxy. 4447) of the [[Sackler Library]] at [[Oxford University]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://intf.uni-muenster.de/vmr/NTVMR/ListeHandschriften.php?ObjID=10108|title= Liste Handschriften|publisher=Institute for New Testament Textual Research|access-date=27 August 2011|location=Münster}}</ref>

==Description==
The original manuscript would've been around 14.5&nbsp;cm x 18.5&nbsp;cm is size, with 23 lines per page. The handwriting script is representative of the reformed Documentary style.<ref>{{Cite book | first=Philip Wesley | last=Comfort | author-link=Philip Comfort | author2=David P. Barrett | title=The Text of the Earliest New Testament Greek Manuscripts | pages=650 | year=2001 | publisher=Tyndale House Publishers | location=Wheaton, Illinois | isbn=978-0-8423-5265-9}}</ref> The text is considered a representative of the [[Alexandrian text-type]]. Although small, the manuscript concurs with [[Codex Sinaiticus]].{{r|Comfort}} It has itacistic error in John 17:23 (γεινωσκη instead of γινωσκη).<ref>{{Cite journal | first=Peter M. | last=Head | title=The Habits of New Testament Copyists Singular Readings in the Early Fragmentary Papyri of John | journal=Biblica | volume=85 | page=403 | year=2004}}</ref>

; Some notable readings
Below taken from NA27 Edition Apparatus.<ref>See http://ntvmr.uni-muenster.de/nt-transcripts {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150613014854/http://ntvmr.uni-muenster.de/nt-transcripts | date=2015-06-13 }}</ref>

'''John 17:24 (1)'''
:δεδωκας : '''{{papyrus|108}}''' {{papyrus link|60}} {{papyrus link|66}} {{larger|{{script|Hebr|[[Codex Sinaiticus|א]]}}}} [[Codex Vaticanus|B]] [[Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus|C]] [[Codex Bezae|D]]
:εδωκας : [[Codex Alexandrinus|A]]

'''John 17:24 (2)'''
:κακεινοι : '''{{papyrus|108}}''' {{papyrus link|60}}{{sup|(vid)}} {{papyrus link|66}} {{larger|{{script|Hebr|[[Codex Sinaiticus|א]]}}}} [[Codex Vaticanus|B]] [[Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus|C]] [[Codex Bezae|D]] [[Byzantine text-type|<math>\mathfrak{M}</math>]]
:και εκεινοι : [[Codex Alexandrinus|A]]

'''John 17:24 (3)'''
:εδωκας : '''{{papyrus|108}}''' [[Codex Vaticanus|B]] [[Codex Cyprius|K]] [[Codex Petropolitanus Purpureus|N]] [[Codex Tischendorfianus IV|Γ]] [[Codex Koridethi|Θ]] [[Minuscule 209|209]] al; Cl
:δεδωκας : {{larger|{{script|Hebr|[[Codex Sinaiticus|א]]}}}} [[Codex Alexandrinus|A]] [[Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus|C]] [[Codex Bezae|D]]

'''John 18:2 (1)'''
:{{overline|ιης}} (ιησους) : '''{{papyrus|108}}''' {{papyrus link|59}} {{papyrus link|60}} {{papyrus link|66}} {{larger|{{script|Hebr|[[Codex Sinaiticus|א]]}}}} [[Codex Vaticanus|B]] [[Codex Regius (New Testament)|L]] ''pc''
: ''ο {{overline|ιης}} (ιησους)'' : [[Codex Alexandrinus|A]] [[Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus|C]] [[Codex Bezae|D]] [[Codex Washingtonianus|W]] [[Codex Koridethi|Θ]] [[Codex Athous Lavrensis|Ψ]] [[Uncial 0250|0250]] [[Family 13|ƒ{{sup|13}}]] [[Minuscule 33|33]] [[Byzantine text-type|<math>\mathfrak{M}</math>]]
:και ο {{overline|ιης}} (ιησους) : [[Codex Tischendorfianus IV|Γ]] [[Codex Sangallensis 48|Δ]] [[Minuscule 892|892{{sup|s}}]] al

'''John 18:2 (2)'''
:εκει μετα των μαθητων αυτου : '''{{papyrus|108}}''' {{papyrus link|66}}{{sup|c}} {{larger|{{script|Hebr|[[Codex Sinaiticus|א]]}}}} [[Codex Alexandrinus|A]] [[Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus|C]] [[Codex Bezae|D]] [[Codex Washingtonianus|W]] [[Byzantine text-type|<math>\mathfrak{M}</math>]]
:μετα των μαθητων αυτου εκει : [[Codex Vaticanus|B]]
:εκει μετα των μαθητων : {{papyrus link|66}}*

'''John 18:3'''
:και φαρισαιων : '''{{papyrus|108}}'''{{sup|(vid)}} {{larger|{{script|Hebr|[[Codex Sinaiticus|א]]}}}}{{sup|1}} [[Codex Alexandrinus|A]] [[Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus|C]] [[Codex Washingtonianus|W]] [[Codex Koridethi|Θ]] [[Codex Athous Lavrensis|Ψ]] [[Uncial 0250|0250]] [[Family 13|ƒ{{sup|13}}]] [[Minuscule 33|33]] [[Byzantine text-type|<math>\mathfrak{M}</math>]]
:και εκ των φαρισαιων : {{larger|{{script|Hebr|[[Codex Sinaiticus|א]]}}}}*{{sup|,2}} [[Codex Bezae|D]] [[Codex Regius (New Testament)|L]] [[Minuscule 579|579]] ''pc'' a aur
:και των φαρισαιων : [[Codex Vaticanus|B]] [[Uncial 0141|0140]] 

'''John 18:4 (1)'''
:δε : '''{{papyrus|108}}''' {{larger|{{script|Hebr|[[Codex Sinaiticus|א]]}}}} [[Codex Bezae|D]] [[Codex Regius (New Testament)|L]] [[Codex Washingtonianus|W]] [[Family 1|f{{sup|1}}]] [[Minuscule 33|33]] [[Minuscule 565|565]] ''pc'' it [[Peshitta|sy{{sup|p}}]] [[Bible translations into Coptic|co]]
:ουν : {{papyrus link|60}}{{sup|(vid)}} [[Codex Alexandrinus|A]] [[Codex Vaticanus|B]] [[Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus|C]] [[Codex Koridethi|Θ]] [[Codex Athous Lavrensis|Ψ]] [[Uncial 0250|0250]] [[Byzantine text-type|<math>\mathfrak{M}</math>]] aurc e vg sy{{sup|h}}

'''John 18:4 (2)'''
:ειδως : '''{{papyrus|108}}''' {{larger|{{script|Hebr|[[Codex Sinaiticus|א]]}}}} [[Codex Regius (New Testament)|L]] [[Codex Washingtonianus|W]] [[Family 1|ƒ{{sup|1}}]] [[Byzantine text-type|<math>\mathfrak{M}</math>]]
:ιδως : [[Codex Alexandrinus|A]] [[Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus|C]]
:ειδων : [[Codex Bezae|D]]

'''John 18:4 (3)'''
:εξελθων ειπεν : '''{{papyrus|108}}'''{{sup|(vid)}} {{larger|{{script|Hebr|[[Codex Sinaiticus|א]]}}}} [[Codex Alexandrinus|A]] [[Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus|C{{sup|3}}]] [[Codex Regius (New Testament)|L]] [[Codex Washingtonianus|W]] [[Codex Koridethi|Θ]] [[Codex Athous Lavrensis|Ψ]] [[Uncial 0250|0250]] [[Family 13|ƒ{{sup|13}}]] [[Minuscule 33|33]] [[Byzantine text-type|<math>\mathfrak{M}</math>]]
:εξηλθεν και λεγει : [[Codex Vaticanus|B]] [[Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus|C{{sup|*}}]] [[Codex Bezae|D]] [[Family 1|ƒ{{sup|1}}]] [[Minuscule 565|565]] ''pc'' lat
:εξηλθεν εξω και λεγει : {{papyrus link|60}}

== See also ==
{{Portal|Bible}}

* [[List of New Testament papyri]]
* [[Oxyrhynchus Papyri]]
* [[Gospel of John]]: [[John 17|chapter 17]][[John 18|, 18]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== Further reading ==

* W. E. H. Cockle, ''The Oxyrhynchus Papyri LXV'' (London: 1998), pp.&nbsp;16–18.

== External links ==

=== Images ===
* [https://portal.sds.ox.ac.uk/articles/online_resource/P_Oxy_LXV_4447_John_xvii_23-24_xviii_1-5/21178831?file=37553587 High Resolution Digital Images of P.Oxy. LXIV 4447] online at the University of Oxford's "POxy: Oxyrhynchus Online" 
* [https://manuscripts.csntm.org/manuscript/Group/GA_P108 Digital Images of P. Oxy. LXIV 4447] online at the [[CSNTM]].

=== Official registration ===
* [https://www.uni-muenster.de/NTTextforschung/KgLSGII08_02_27.pdf "Continuation of the Manuscript List"] Institute for New Testament Textual Research, [[University of Münster]]. Retrieved April 9, 2008

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