Papyrus 109
Papyrus 109 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), designated by siglum 𝔓109, is a copy of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Gospel of John, containing verses 21:18-20 & 21:23-25 in a fragmentary condition. The manuscript has been palaeographically assigned by the INTF to the early 3rd century CE. Papyrologist Philip Comfort dates the manuscript to the middle-late 2nd century CE.[1] The manuscript is currently housed at the Papyrology Rooms (P. Oxy. 4448) of the Sackler Library at Oxford.[2]
| New Testament manuscript | |
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| Name | P. Oxy. 4448 | 
|---|---|
| Sign | 𝔓109 | 
| Text | Gospel of John 21:18-20, 23-25 | 
| Date | 3rd century | 
| Script | Greek | 
| Found | Oxyrhynchus, Egypt | 
| Now at | Sackler Library | 
| Cite | W. E. H. Cockle, OP LXV (1998), pp. 19-20 | 
| Size | 7.9 x 4.1 cm | 
| Type | unknown | 
| Category | ? | 
Description
    
The original manuscript probably measured 12 cm x 24 cm, with 26 lines per page. The handwriting script is representative of the Reformed Documentary style.[3] The text is too small to determine its textual character.[1]
Textual variants[4]
    
John 21:18 (1)
John 21:18 (2)
- αποισουσιν σε : 𝔓109 𝔓59 א2 D W 1 33 565 pc syh(mg) pbo,
 - οισει : A B C*(vid) Θ Ψ ƒ13 lat sys, p, h
 - ποιησουσιν σοι οσα: א*
 - επογουσιν σε : D*
 - απαγουσιν σε : D1
 - οισουσιν σε : C2
 
John 21:23
John 21:25
Transcription
    
John 21:18-20. 23-25
- 18 [λες οταν δε γηρασης εκτε]ν̣ε̣ι[ς
 - τας χειρας σου κ]αι αλλοι
- [αποι]ο̣υσιν̣ σ̣ε̣
 
 - [οπου ου θελεις 19 τ]ουτο̣ δ̣ε
 - [ειπεν σημαινων ποιω] θ̣α̣
 - [νατω δοξασει τον θν και]
 - [τουτο ειπων λεγει αυ]τ̣ω̣ ακο
 - [λουθει μοι 20 επιστραφ]ε̣ι̣ς̣ ο̣
 - [πετρος βλεπει τον] μ̣αθ̣η̣
 
- 23 μ[ε]νε̣[ιν εως ερχομαι τι]
 - προς σ̣[ε 24 ουτος εστιν ο μα]
 - θητης [ο και μαρτυρων πε]
 - ρι τουτ̣[ων και ο γραψας]
 - τ̣α̣υ̣[τα και οιδαμεν οτι]
 - [αληθης αυτου η μαρτυρια]
 - ε̣σ[τιν 25 εστιν δε και αλλα]
 - πολ̣λ̣[α α εποιησεν ο ιης̅ α]
 - τινα̣ [εαν γραφηται καθ εν]
 - ο̣υ̣δ̣ [αυτον οιμαι τον κοσμον]
 
References
    
- Philip W. Comfort, Encountering the Manuscripts. An Introduction to New Testament Paleography & Textual Criticism, Nashville, Tennessee: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 2005, p. 76.
 - "Liste Handschriften". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 27 August 2011.
 - Comfort, P. W., & Barrett, D. P. (2001). The text of the earliest New Testament Greek manuscripts, p. 653
 - Taken from NA27 Edition Apparatus and http://ntvmr.uni-muenster.de/nt-transcripts Archived 2015-06-13 at the Wayback Machine
 
Further reading
    
- W. E. H. Cockle, The Oxyrhynchus Papyri LXV (London: 1998), pp. 19–20.
 - Comfort, Philip W.; David P. Barrett (2001). The Text of the Earliest New Testament Greek Manuscripts. Wheaton, Illinois: Tyndale House Publishers. pp. 653–655. ISBN 978-0-8423-5265-9.
 
External links
    
    Images
    
- P.Oxy.LXIV 4448 from Papyrology at Oxford's "POxy: Oxyrhynchus Online"
 - Image from 𝔓109 recto, John 21:18-20
 - Image from 𝔓109 verso, John 21:23-25
 
Official registration
    
- "Continuation of the Manuscript List" Institute for New Testament Textual Research, University of Münster. Retrieved April 9, 2008
 
