Papyrus 25 Explained

Papyrus 25 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), designated by ²⁵, is an early copy of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Gospel of Matthew, it contains only Matthew 18:32-34; 19:1-3.5-7.9-10. The manuscript paleographically had been assigned to the early 4th century.

The Greek text of this codex is unclassifiable because of the Diatessaric character of text (like Dura Parchment 24 (Uncial 0212). Aland did not place it in any of Categories of New Testament manuscripts.^[1]

It is currently housed at the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (Inv. no. 16388) in Berlin.^{[1] [2]}

See also

• List of New Testament papyri
• Matthew 18, 19

Further reading

• Otto Stegmüller, Ein Bruchstück aus dem griechischen Diatessaron, ZNW 37 (1938), pp. 223–229.

External links

• P25 images at the Center for the Study of New Testament Manuscripts

Notes and References

1. Book: Aland . Kurt . Kurt Aland . Aland . Barbara . Barbara Aland . Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.) . The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism . . 1995 . Grand Rapids . 97 . 978-0-8028-4098-1.
2. Web site: Liste Handschriften. Institute for New Testament Textual Research. 23 August 2011. Münster.