Papyrus 63

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| form = Papyrus | number = 𝔓63 | image = Berlin, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin – Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung P. 11914 (Papyrus 63) fragment 1 recto John 3, 16-18; 4, 9.jpg | isize = | caption=Recto, John 3:16-18 (left) and 4:9 (right) both with commentary | name = | sign = | text = Gospel of John 3; 4 † | script = Greek | date = ca. 500 | found = Egypt | now at = Berlin State Museums | cite = O. Stegmüller, Zu den Bibelorakeln im Codex Bezae, Biblica 34 (1953), pp. 13-22. | size = 18.5 x 15 cm | type = Alexandrian text-type | cat = II | hand = | note =

Papyrus 63 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), designated by 𝔓63, is a copy of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Gospel of John. The surviving text of John are verses 3:14-18; 4:9-10. The manuscript paleographically had been assigned to the 4th century (or 5th 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=100 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2pYDsAhUOxAC |isbn=978-0-8028-4098-1}}

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The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type, but with some the Byzantine readings. Aland placed it in Category II.

: καθω̣ς̣ μ̣ωυσης υψωσεν τον οφιν ε̣ν̣ τη ερη̣μω ουτως υψωθηναι δει τον υιον του ανθ̣ρ̣ω̣πο̣υ̣ {{verse||15}} ι̣ν̣[α] π̣α̣ς̣ ο̣ π̣[ιστευ]ω̣ν̣ ε̣ι̣ς̣ α̣υτον μ̣η απολη̣[τα]ι̣ α̣λ̣λ̣ εχ̣η̣ ζωην αιωνιον

: ουτως γαρ ηγ̣απ̣η̣σεν ο θεο̣ς τον κοσμον ωσ̣τ̣[ε] τ̣ο̣ν υιο̣ν αυτου τον̣ μ̣ο̣ν̣[ο]γ̣ε̣ν̣η̣ εδωκεν εις τον̣ [κοσμ]ον ι̣να̣ ο̣ π̣ιστευων εις [αυ]τ̣ο̣ν̣ μ̣η αποληται α̣λ̣λ εχ̣η̣ ζω̣[ην] α̣ιωνιον {{verse||17}} ο̣υ̣ γ̣α̣ρ̣ [α]π̣[εσ]τ̣[ειλε]ν̣ ο̣ θ̣εος τ̣ον υιον̣ αυτ̣ου εις το̣[ν] [κ]ο̣σμ[ον] αλλ ινα σ̣ωθ̣η̣ [ο] κοσ̣μ̣ο̣ς̣ δ̣ι αυτου {{verse||18}} ο πιστ̣ε̣υ̣ων εις αυ̣τον ου̣ κρινετ̣α̣ι̣ ο δ̣ε μη πιστευων ηδ̣η και κ̣ρ̣[ι]νεται̣ οτι μη πε̣πιστ̣[ε]υ̣κεν ε̣ις το ονομα το̣υ̣ μονογενου̣ς̣ υιου του θυ̅

In John 3:16 it has the textual variant υιον αυτου supported by the manuscript's second corrector of Sinaiticus (א2), A, L, Θ, Ψ, 063, 083, 086, 0113, f1, f13, Byz, Didache.

Location

The codex is currently housed at the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (Inv. 11914) in Berlin.

References

References

1. "Liste Handschriften". Institute for New Testament Textual Research.

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