Papyrus 71 Explained

Papyrus 71 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), designated by ⁷¹, is an early copy of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Gospel of Matthew. The surviving texts of Matthew are verses 19:10-11.17-18. The manuscript paleographically had been assigned to the 4th century.

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

Present location It is currently housed at the Ashmolean Museum (P. Oxy. 2385) in Oxford.^{[1] [2]}

See also

• List of New Testament papyri
• Oxyrhynchus Papyri

Images

• P. Oxy. XXIV Oxyrhynchus 2385 Oxyrhynchus Online
• ⁷¹ recto Matt. 19:10-11
• ⁷¹ verso Matt. 19:17-18

Further reading

• Edgar Lobel, Colin H. Roberts, E. G. Turner, and J. W. B. Barns, Oxyrhynchus Papyri, XXIV (London: 1957), pp. 5–6.

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 . 100 . 978-0-8028-4098-1.
2. Web site: Liste Handschriften. Institute for New Testament Textual Research. 27 August 2011. Münster.