Papyrus 27 Explained

Papyrus 27 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), designated by ²⁷, is an early copy of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Epistle to the Romans, it contains only Romans 8:12-22.24-27; 8:33-9:3.5-9. The manuscript paleographically has been assigned to the early 3rd century. It is written in 43 lines per page. The scribe of this manuscript may have also written ²⁰.^[1]

The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type. Aland placed it in Category I.^[2] This manuscript shows agreement with Codex Sinaiticus, Vaticanus and other witnesses of the Alexandrian text-type.^[1]

It is currently housed at the Cambridge University Library (Add. 7211) in Cambridge.^{[2] [3]}

See also

• List of New Testament papyri
• Romans 8, 9

Further reading

• B. P. Grenfell & A. S. Hunt, The Oxyrhynchus Papyri XI (London 1915), pp. 9–12.

Notes and References

1. Book: Comfort , Philip W. . Philip Comfort . David P. Barrett . The Text of the Earliest New Testament Greek Manuscripts . Tyndale House Publishers . 2001 . Wheaton, Illinois . 119 . 978-0-8423-5265-9.
2. 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.
3. Web site: Liste Handschriften. Institute for New Testament Textual Research. 23 August 2011. Münster.