Papyrus 118 Explained

Papyrus 118 is a small papyrus manuscript of the Epistle to the Romans. It is designated by (in the Gregory-Aland numbering of New Testament manuscripts). The manuscript is in fragmentary condition, containing text from Romans chapters 15 and 16. Using the study of comparative writing styles (paleography), the manuscript has been dated by the INTF to the 3rd century CE.^[1]

Description

The papyrus was likely a codex (precursor to the modern book), and only has extant Romans 15:26-27, 32-33, and 16:1,4-7,11-12.^[2] The text was written in two columns per page.

Text The Greek text of this codex is too small to determine its textual character. It runs directly from Romans 15:33 through to 16:1, whereas some manuscripts (such as) have what is traditionally Romans 16:25-27 between Romans 15:33 and 16:1.

HistoryThe early history of the manuscript is unknown. The codex is currently housed at the Institut für Altertumskunde of the University of Cologne at Cologne, with the shelf number (Inv. No. 10311).

See also

• List of New Testament papyri
• Epistle to the Romans: chapter 15and 16

Further reading

• G. Schenke, Kölner Papyri 10 (2003), pp. 33–37.

Images

• Papyrus 118 at the Kölner Papyrus-sammlung
• Image from ¹¹⁸ recto, fragment of Romans 15:26-27,32-33
• Image from ¹¹⁸ verso, fragment of Romans 16:1,4-7,11-12

External links

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Liste Handschriften. Institute for New Testament Textual Research. 15 August 2011. Münster.
2. Book: Comfort, Philip Wesley . Philip Comfort . The Text of the Earliest New Testament Greek Manuscripts . 3 . 2 . 174 . 2019 . Kregal Academic . Grand Rapids, MI . 978-0-825-44516-3.