Papyrus 21
New Testament manuscript
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Papyrus 21 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), designated by siglum 𝔓21, is an early copy of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Gospel of Matthew, it contains only Matthew 12:24–26.32–33. The manuscript paleographically had been assigned to the early 4th century.[1]
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| New Testament manuscript | |
Page recto with text of Matthew 12:24–26 | |
| Name | P. Oxy. 1227 |
|---|---|
| Text | Matthew 12:24-33 † |
| Date | 4th century |
| Script | Greek |
| Found | Egypt |
| Now at | Muhlenberg College |
| Cite | B. P. Grenfell & A. S. Hunt, Oxyrynchus Papyri X, pp. 12-14 |
| Size | 11.5 cm by 4.5 cm |
| Type | mixed |
| Category | III |
Description
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The manuscript is written in large upright uncial letters.[2]
The Greek text of this codex probably is a mixture of text-types. Aland placed it in Category III.[1]
In Matthew 12:25 it has textual variant ιδων δε (instead of ειδως δε) in agreement with Codex Bezae, corrector b of the Codex Sinaiticus, 892*, the Latin text of Codex Bezae (itd), k, c, s, copbo.[3] In 12:32 it lacks words αυτω ουτε.[2]
It is currently housed at the Muhlenberg College (Theol. Pap. 3) in Allentown (Pennsylvania).[1][4]
