Papyrus 38
New Testament manuscript
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Papyrus 38 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), designated by 𝔓38, is an early copy of part of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Acts of the Apostles, it contains only Acts 18:27-19:6.12-16. The manuscript paleographically has been assigned to the early 3rd century.[1]
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| New Testament manuscript | |
_recto_Acts_18,27_–_19,6.jpg) Recto Acts 18:27 – 19:6 | |
| Text | Acts 18-19 † |
|---|---|
| Date | ca. 220 |
| Script | Greek |
| Found | Egypt |
| Now at | University of Michigan |
| Cite | H. A. Sanders."A Papyrus Fragment of Acts in the Michigan Collection", HTR, vol. 20. 1927, pp. 1-19. |
| Size | 14 x 27 |
| Type | Western text-type |
| Category | IV |
Although the text is quite short, the Greek text of this codex has been called a representative of the Western text-type. Aland named it as Free text and placed in Category IV. The text of this manuscript is related to Codex Bezae.[2]
The manuscript was purchased in Cairo in 1924.[1]
It is now in the University of Michigan (Inv. 1571) in Ann Arbor.[2][3]