Papyrus 103 Explained

Papyrus 103 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), designated by ¹⁰³, is a copy of part of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Gospel of Matthew.

Description

The surviving texts of Matthew are verses 13:55-56 and 14:3-5: they are in a fragmentary condition. The manuscript has been assigned palaeographically to the late 2nd or early 3rd century.

Probably together with Papyrus 77 it belonged to the same codex.^[1]

TextThe Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type. According to Comfort it is proto-Alexandrian text.

In Matthew 13:55, the name of Jesus' second brother reads [...]ης so that either Ἰωάννης (John) and Ἰωσῆς (Joses) are possible original readings.

Ἰωάννης (John) א* D M U Γ 2 28 579 1424 Byz^mss vg^mss Origen^pt

Ἰωσῆς (Joses) K L W Δ Π 0106 f¹³ 22 565 1241 1582^mg Byz^mss it^k,qc co^sa,bomss Basil of Caesarea

Ἰωσῆ (Joses) 118 157 700* 1071 syr^h co^bomss

Ἰωσὴφ (Joseph) א² B C N Θ f¹ 33 700^c 892 lat syr^s,c,hmg mae-1 Codex Schøyen co^bomss Origen^pt

LocationThe manuscript is currently housed at the Sackler Library (Papyrology Rooms, P. Oxy. 4403) in Oxford.^[2]

See also

• List of New Testament papyri
• Oxyrhynchus Papyri

Further reading

• J. David Thomas, The Oxyrhynchus Papyri LXIV (London: 1997), pp. 5–7.
• Book: Comfort , Philip W. . Philip Comfort . David P. Barrett . The Text of the Earliest New Testament Greek Manuscripts . Tyndale House Publishers . 2001 . Wheaton, Illinois . 641–644 . 978-0-8423-5265-9.

External links

Images

• P.Oxy.LXIV 4403 from Papyrology at Oxford's "POxy: Oxyrhynchus Online"
• ¹⁰³ recto and verso

Official registration

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

Notes and References

1. Philip W. Comfort, Encountering the Manuscripts. An Introduction to New Testament Paleography and Textual Criticism, Nashville, Tennessee: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 2005, p. 73.
2. Web site: Liste Handschriften. Institute for New Testament Textual Research. 27 August 2011. Münster.