Papyrus 4

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::summary New Testament papyrus fragment of the Gospel of Luke in Greek, 3rd–4th century AD ::

| form = Papyrus | number = 4 | image = Paris, BnF Ms Supplement Grec 1120 (Papyrus 4) - Fragment D Luke 6, 4–16.jpg | caption= Luke 6:4–16 | name = Supplement Grec 1120 | sign = | text = Luke 1:58-59; 1:62-2:1; 2:6-7; 3:8-4:2; 4:29-32; 4:34-35; 5:3-8; 5:30-6:16 | script= Greek | date = c. 150-300 | found = Coptos, Egypt | now at= Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, Suppl. Gr. 1120 | cite = | size = | type = Alexandrian text-type | cat = I | hand = | note =

Papyrus 4 (, part of Suppl. Gr. 1120) is an early New Testament papyrus of the Gospel of Luke in Greek. Opinions differ as to its age. It has been dated anywhere from the late second century to the fourth century.

Description

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It is one of the earliest manuscripts (along with ) of the Gospel of Luke and contains extensive sections of its first six chapters. It is currently housed in the Bibliothèque nationale de France (Suppl. Gr. 1120) in Paris.

It contains texts of Luke: 1:58–59; 1:62–2:1; 2:6–7; 3:8–4:2; 4:29–32, 34–35; 5:3–8; 5:30–6:16

The Greek text-type of this codex is a representative of the Alexandrian. Aland placed it in Category I.{{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}} There is agreement with in 93%.

; Notable readings

In Luke 6:2 — οὐκ ἔξεστιν (not lawful) for οὐκ ἔξεστιν ποιεῖν (not lawful to do); the reading is supported only by Codex Vaticanus Graecus 1209 (Codex Bezae), Codex Nitriensis, 700, lat, copsa, copbo, arm, geo;

Some early accounts stated that was used as stuffing for the binding of a codex of Philo, written in the late third century and found walled up in a house at Coptos. Apparently this account was incorrect, however, as the fragments were actually found stashed between pages of the codex of Philo, not in the binding.

Philip Comfort and David Barret in their book Text of the Earliest NT Greek Manuscripts argue that came from the same codex as , the Magdalen papyrus, and date the texts to 150–175. Willker tentatively agrees stating 'The [3rd century] dating given is that of NA. Some date it into the 2nd CE (e.g. Roberts and Comfort). This is quite probable considering the use as binding material for a 3rd CE codex'. Comfort and Barret also show that and have affinities with a number of late 2nd century papyri. Roberts (1979), Skeat (1997), Willker and Stanton also date the text to the late 2nd century, leading Gregory to conclude that '[t]here is good reason to believe that ... may have been written late in the 2nd century...'. Charlesworth has concluded 'that and , though written by the same scribe, are not from the same ... codex.'

Notes

References

• Charlesworth, SD (2007) T. C. Skeat, P64+67 and P4, and the Problem of Fibre Orientation in Codicological Reconstruction, New Test. Stud. Vol.53, pp. 582–604,
• Comfort, Philip W. "New Reconstructions and Identifications of New Testament Papyri," Novum Testamentum, Vol. 41, Fasc. 3., (Jul., 1999) pp. 214–230.
• {{Cite book | last = Comfort | first = Philip W. | author-link = Philip Comfort | author2 = David P. Barrett | title = The Text of the Earliest New Testament Greek Manuscripts | publisher = Tyndale House Publishers | year = 2001 | location = Wheaton, Illinois | pages = 46–71 | isbn = 978-0-8423-5265-9}}
• Gregory, A. The Reception of Luke and Acts in the Period Before Irenaeus, Mohr Siebeck, (2003) , p. 28
• C. R. Gregory, Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament, Hinrichs, p. 45.
• Head, P. M. (2005), Is P4, P64 and P67 the Oldest Manuscript of the Four Gospels? A Response to T. C. Skeat, New Test. Stud. 51, pp. 450–457,
• Roberts, Colin. Manuscript, Society, and Belief in Early Christian Egypt Longwood (June 1979) pp. 8+23
• Skeat, T. C. (1997), The Oldest Manuscript of the Four Gospels?, New Test. Stud. 43, p. 1–34
• Stanton, G. N. (1997), The Fourfold Gospel, New Test. Stud. 43, p. 327

References

1. Gregory (2003) p.28
2. Wieland
3. Philip W. Comfort, David P. Barrett, ''The Text of the Earliest New Testament Greek Manuscripts'', Tyndale House Publishers, Wheaton 1999, s. 43.
4. NA26, p. 170.
5. Roberts (1979) p. 8
6. (August 21, 2018). "God's Library: The Archaeology of the Earliest Christian Manuscripts". Yale University Press.
7. Comfort (2001) pp. 50–53, see also Comfort (1999)
8. i.e. [[Oxyrhynchus Papyri. ''P. Oxy.'']] 224, 661, 2334, 2404 2750, ''P. Ryl.'' 16, 547, and ''P. Vindob G'' 29784
9. Gregory (2003), p.30
10. Stanton (1997) p. 327
11. (August 21, 2018). "God's Library: The Archaeology of the Earliest Christian Manuscripts". Yale University Press.
12. Charlesworth (2007), p.604

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