Papyrus 3

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::summary New Testament papyrus fragment in Greek ::

|form = Papyrus |number = 3 |image = Vienna, National Library of Austria Ms P. Vindob. G. 2323 PAP MAG (Papyrus 3) recto Luke 7, 36-45.jpg |caption= Papyrus 3r (GA) 7,36–45 |name = |sign = |text = Luke 7:36-45+10:38-42 |script = Greek |date = 6th/7th century |found = |now at = Vienna, Papyrus Collection of the Austrian National Library, Pap. G. 2323 |cite = |size = 24.5 x 11.5 cm (25x18) |type = mixed |cat = III |hand = |note = Papyrus 3, designated by (in the numbering Gregory-Aland), is a small fragment of fifteen verses from the Gospel of Luke dating to the 6th/7th century. It is formed part of a lectionary. It is dated palaeographically to the 6th or 7th century.{{Cite book | last1=Aland | first1=Kurt | author-link=Kurt Aland | last2 = Aland | first2 = Barbara | author-link2 = Barbara Aland | others = Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.) | title = The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism | publisher=William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company | year=1995 | location=Grand Rapids | page=96 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2pYDsAhUOxAC | isbn=978-0-8028-4098-1}} ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/82/Vienna,_National_Library_of_Austria_Ms_P._Vindob._G.2323_PAP_MAG(Papyrus_3)_verso_Luke_10,_38-42.jpg" caption="Papyrus 3v (GA) Luke 10, 38-42"] ::

The Greek text-type of this codex is a mixed. Aland placed it in Category III.

Text

Luke 7:36

: ΑΓΓ . . ΙΟ :: ΤΟΝ Κ ̣̅ ΗΣου : ΤΟΝ̣Τ̣Ω̣ΝΦΣΡΙΣ̣ : Ε̣Λ̣ΘΩΝΕ̣ΙΣΤ̣ : ΙΕΙΔΟΥΓΥΝΗΗΤΙΣΗ : ΓΝΟΥΣΑΟΤΙ̣ΚΑΤΑΚ : ΣΑΑΛΑΒΑΣΤΡΟΝΜΥΡ̣ : Ο̣ΔΑΣΑΥΤΟΥΚΛΑΣΙΟΥΣ̣ : ΥΣΠΟΔΑΣΑΥΤΟΥ ΚΑΙ : ΕΞΕΜΑΞΕΝΚΑΙΚΑΤΕ : ΗΛΙΦΕΝ ΤΩΜΥΡΩ : ΑΣΑΥΤΟΝΕΙΠΕΝΕ . . . . ΤΩ : ΗΣΕΓΙΓΝΩΣΚΕΝΑΝΤ̣ΙΣΚΑΙΠΟΤΑΠ : ΤΑΙΑΥΤΟΥΟΤΙΑ.ΑΡΤΩΛΟ̣ΣΕΣΤΙΝ : ΕΙΠΕΝ Ο ΙΣΠΡΟΣ̣Α.Τ̣Ο̣Ν̣ΣΙΜΩΝ : ΔΕΔΕΔΑ . . . ΛΕΕΙ̣ΠΕΝΦΗΣΙΝΔΥΟ : ΤΙΝΙΟΕΙΣΩ : Η̣ΚΟΝ̣ΤΑΜΗ̣ : ΤΟΤΙΣΟΥ : ΔΕΣΙΜΩ̣ : Π̣ΕΝΑΥΤΩ̣ : Ω̣Σ̣Ι̣ΜΩ

Luke 10:38

: ΝΤΟΥΑΓΙΟυΛΟυΚΑ :: . . . . . . ΚΩΜΗ̣ ::: ΡΕΥΕΣΘΑΙΑΥΤΟΥ ::: ΘΕΝΕΙΣΚΩΜΗΝΤΙΝ

History

The text of the manuscript was published by Karl Wessely in 1882.

The manuscript is housed at the Austrian National Library (Pap. G. 2323).

References

References

1. "New Testament Transcripts Prototype".
2. Karl Wessely, [https://archive.org/stream/wienerstudien11kircgoog#page/n208/mode/2up ''Evangelien-Fragmente auf Papyrus''], Wiener Studien 4 (1882), 198-214.

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