Papyrus 41 Explained

Papyrus 41 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), designated by ⁴¹, is an early copy of the New Testament in Greek and Coptic. It is a diglot, it is a papyrus manuscript of the Acts of the Apostles. The manuscript paleographically has been assigned to the 8th century.

Description

Contents The Greek text of the papyrus contains: Acts 17:28-18:2.17-18.22-25.27; 19:1-4.6-8.13-16.18-19; 20:9-13.15-16.22-24.26-38; 21:3.4.26-27; 22:11-14.16-17.

The Coptic text of the papyrus contains: Acts 17:30-18:2.25.27-28; 19:2-8.15.17-19; 20:11-16.24-28; 20:36-21:3; 22:12-14.16-17.

Text-type The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the Western text-type. Aland placed it in Category III.^[1]

Textual variants In Acts 21:1 it reads Παταρα και Μυρα for Παταρα, the reading is supported by D^gr gig (it^ph Hyram) vg^mss cop^sa;^[2]

Location It is currently housed at the Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (Pap. G. 17973, 26133, 35831, 39783) in Vienna.^{[1] [3]}

See also

• List of New Testament papyri
• Coptic versions of the Bible

Further reading

• C. Wessely, Studien zur Paläographie und Papyruskunde XV, (Leipzig 1914), pp. 107–118.
• F.-J. Schmitz, Neue Fragmente zum P⁴¹, (Münster 1988), pp. 78–97.

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 . 98 . 978-0-8028-4098-1.
2. UBS3, p. 500.
3. Web site: Liste Handschriften. Institute for New Testament Textual Research. 26 August 2011. Münster.