Papyrus 8
New Testament 4th century papyrus fragment of the Acts of the Apostles in Greek
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Papyrus 8 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), signed by 𝔓8 or α 8 (von Soden), is an early copy of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Acts of the Apostles, it contains Acts 4:31–37; 5:2–9; 6:1–6.8–15.[citation needed] The manuscript paleographically has been assigned to the 4th century.[1]
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| New Testament manuscript | |
_Recto_Acts_4,_31–37;_6,_8-15.jpg) Recto | |
| Text | Acts 4–6 † |
|---|---|
| Date | 4th century |
| Script | Greek |
| Found | Egypt |
| Now at | Staatliche Museen zu Berlin |
| Cite | A. H. Salonius, Die griechischen Handschriftenfragmente des Neuen Testaments in den Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin, ZNW 26 (1927), 97–119 |
| Size | 18.6 by 10.4 cm |
| Type | Alexandrian text-type |
| Category | II |
The text is written in two columns per page, 25 lines per page.[2]
Text
The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type. Aland placed it in Category II.[1]
The text of the codex was published by Salonius in 1927.[3]
Location
It is currently housed at the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin and part of the Berlin Papyrus Collection (Papyrus Berlin 8683).[1][4]