Papyrus 128

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Papyrus 128
New Testament manuscript
Fragments containing John 9:3-4
Fragments containing John 9:3-4
Sign𝔓128
TextJohn 9:3–4, 12:16–18
Date6th–7th century
ScriptGreek
FoundMonastery of Saint Epiphanius, Egypt
Now atMetropolitan Museum of Art
Type?
Categorynone

Papyrus 128 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), designated by 𝔓128, is a copy of a small part of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Gospel of John, containing verses 9:3-4; 12:16-18. The manuscript paleographically has been assigned to the 6th or 7th century.

It was formerly listed as a part of Papyrus 44. Both are currently housed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (Inv. 14. 1. 527) in New York.

Text

John 9:3–4

ουτε οι γ

θη τα εργ
ζεσθαι τυ π
ως ημρχ

δυνατ

John 12:12–13

ερ[χεται ο ις εις ιεροσολυμα ελαβον τα
β]αϊα

John 12:16–18

εα και

ουν ο οχλο[ς
ο ων μετ αυτου] οτε ν εφων
ειοεν αυτον

ησεν α

See also

Further reading

  • W. E. Crum, H. G. Evelyn-White, The Monastery of Epiphanius at Thebes, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Egyptian Expedition Publications IV, (New York, 1926), pp. 120–121. (transcription and collation).
  • Ellwood M. Schofield, The Papyrus Fragments of the Greek New Testament, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, 1936, pp. 296–301.

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