Papyrus 3 Explained

Papyrus 3, designated by (in the numbering Gregory-Aland), is a small fragment of fifteen verses from the Gospel of Luke dating to the 6th/7th century.^[1] It is formed part of a lectionary. It is dated palaeographically to the 6th or 7th century.^[2]

The Greek text-type of this codex is a mixed. Aland placed it in Category III.^[2]

Text

Luke 7:36

ΑΓΓ . . ΙΟ

ΤΟΝ Κ ̣̅ ΗΣο^υ

ΤΟΝ̣Τ̣Ω̣ΝΦΣΡΙΣ̣

Ε̣Λ̣ΘΩΝΕ̣ΙΣΤ̣

ΙΕΙΔΟΥΓΥΝΗΗΤΙΣΗ

ΓΝΟΥΣΑΟΤΙ̣ΚΑΤ^ΑΚ

ΣΑΑΛΑΒΑΣΤΡΟΝΜΥΡ̣

Ο̣ΔΑΣΑΥΤΟΥΚΛΑΣΙΟΥΣ̣

ΥΣΠΟΔΑΣΑ^ΥΤΟΥ ΚΑΙ

ΕΞΕΜΑΞΕΝΚΑΙΚΑΤΕ

ΗΛΙΦΕΝ ΤΩΜΥΡΩ

ΑΣΑΥΤΟΝΕΙΠΕΝΕ . . . . ΤΩ

ΗΣΕΓΙΓΝΩΣΚΕΝΑΝΤ̣ΙΣΚΑΙΠΟΤΑΠ

ΤΑΙΑΥΤΟΥΟΤΙΑ.ΑΡΤΩΛΟ̣ΣΕΣΤΙΝ

ΕΙΠΕΝ Ο

ΙΣΠΡΟΣ̣Α.Τ̣Ο̣Ν̣ΣΙΜΩΝ

ΔΕΔΕΔΑ . . . ΛΕΕΙ̣ΠΕΝΦΗΣΙΝΔΥΟ

ΤΙΝΙΟΕΙΣΩ

Η̣ΚΟΝ̣ΤΑΜΗ̣

ΤΟΤΙΣΟΥ

ΔΕΣΙΜΩ̣

Π̣ΕΝΑΥΤΩ̣

Ω̣Σ̣Ι̣ΜΩ

Luke 10:38

ΝΤΟΥΑΓΙΟ^υΛΟ^υΚΑ

. . . . . . ΚΩΜΗ̣

ΡΕΥΕΣΘΑΙΑΥΤΟΥ

ΘΕΝΕΙΣΚΩΜΗΝΤΙΝ

History

The text of the manuscript was published by Karl Wessely in 1882.^[3]

The manuscript is housed at the Austrian National Library (Pap. G. 2323).^[2]

See also

• Luke 7, Luke 10
• List of New Testament papyri

Further reading

• Karl Wessely, Evangelien-Fragmente auf Papyrus, Wiener Studien 4 (1882), 198–214.
• Book: Gregory , Caspar René . Caspar René Gregory . Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament . J.C. Hinrichs’sche Buchhandlung . 1908 . Leipzig . 45 .
• Book: Aland, K . Aland, B . 1995 . The Text of the New Testament . Rhodes, EF (trans.). Wm. B. Eerdmans . 96 . 0-8028-4098-1.

External links

• New Testament Transcripts
• Web site: Handschriftenliste . Institute for New Testament Textual Research . 13 August 2011 . Münster.
• Digital image of P3 at CSNTM

Notes and References

1. http://nttranscripts.uni-muenster.de/AnaServer?NTtranscripts+0+start.anv New Testament Transcripts Prototype
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 . 96 . 978-0-8028-4098-1.
3. Karl Wessely, Evangelien-Fragmente auf Papyrus, Wiener Studien 4 (1882), 198-214.