Papyrus 108

Papyrus 108 is a copy of the New Testament in 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 Template:Papyrus in the 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. The manuscript is currently housed at the Papyrology Rooms (P. Oxy. 4447) of the Sackler Library at Oxford University.

Description

The original manuscript would've been around 14.5 cm x 18.5 cm is size, with 23 lines per page. The handwriting script is representative of the reformed Documentary style. The text is considered a representative of the Alexandrian text-type. Although small, the manuscript concurs with Codex Sinaiticus.Template:R It has itacistic error in John 17:23 (γεινωσκη instead of γινωσκη).

Some notable readings

Below taken from NA27 Edition Apparatus.

John 17:24 (1)

δεδωκας : Template:Papyrus Template:Papyrus link Template:Papyrus link Template:Larger B C D

εδωκας : A

John 17:24 (2)

κακεινοι : Template:Papyrus Template:Papyrus linkTemplate:Sup Template:Papyrus link Template:Larger B C D $𝔐$

και εκεινοι : A

John 17:24 (3)

εδωκας : Template:Papyrus B K N Γ Θ 209 al; Cl

δεδωκας : Template:Larger A C D

John 18:2 (1)

Template:Overline (ιησους) : Template:Papyrus Template:Papyrus link Template:Papyrus link Template:Papyrus link Template:Larger B L pc

ο Template:Overline (ιησους) : A C D W Θ Ψ 0250 [[Family 13|ƒTemplate:Sup]] 33 $𝔐$

και ο Template:Overline (ιησους) : Γ Δ [[Minuscule 892|892Template:Sup]] al

John 18:2 (2)

εκει μετα των μαθητων αυτου : Template:Papyrus Template:Papyrus linkTemplate:Sup Template:Larger A C D W $𝔐$

μετα των μαθητων αυτου εκει : B

εκει μετα των μαθητων : Template:Papyrus link*

John 18:3

και φαρισαιων : Template:PapyrusTemplate:Sup Template:LargerTemplate:Sup A C W Θ Ψ 0250 [[Family 13|ƒTemplate:Sup]] 33 $𝔐$

και εκ των φαρισαιων : Template:Larger*Template:Sup D L 579 pc a aur

και των φαρισαιων : B 0140

John 18:4 (1)

δε : Template:Papyrus Template:Larger D L W [[Family 1|fTemplate:Sup]] 33 565 pc it [[Peshitta|syTemplate:Sup]] co

ουν : Template:Papyrus linkTemplate:Sup A B C Θ Ψ 0250 $𝔐$ aurc e vg syTemplate:Sup

John 18:4 (2)

ειδως : Template:Papyrus Template:Larger L W [[Family 1|ƒTemplate:Sup]] $𝔐$

ιδως : A C

ειδων : D

John 18:4 (3)

εξελθων ειπεν : Template:PapyrusTemplate:Sup Template:Larger A [[Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus|CTemplate:Sup]] L W Θ Ψ 0250 [[Family 13|ƒTemplate:Sup]] 33 $𝔐$

εξηλθεν και λεγει : B [[Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus|CTemplate:Sup]] D [[Family 1|ƒTemplate:Sup]] 565 pc lat

εξηλθεν εξω και λεγει : Template:Papyrus link

See also

• List of New Testament papyri
• Oxyrhynchus Papyri
• Gospel of John: chapter 17, 18

Further reading

• W. E. H. Cockle, The Oxyrhynchus Papyri LXV (London: 1998), pp. 16–18.

External links

Images

• High Resolution Digital Images of P.Oxy. LXIV 4447 online at the University of Oxford's "POxy: Oxyrhynchus Online"
• Digital Images of P. Oxy. LXIV 4447 online at the CSNTM.

Official registration

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