Papyrus 141

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Papyrus 141
New Testament manuscript
NameP. Oxy 5478
Sign𝔓141
Text Luke 2:32-34, 40-42; 24:22-28, 30-38
Date3rd century
Script Greek
Found Oxyrhynchus
Now atUniversity of Oxford, Sackler Library, Oxford, England
CiteGriffin, B.W. and Blumell, L.H., The Oxyrhynchus Papyri, vol. 85, no. 5478, Egypt Exploration Society: London, England, 2020.
Size8.3 x 7 mm; 2.9 x 17.8 mm

Papyrus 141 (designated as 𝔓141 in the Gregory-Aland numbering system) is what remains of an early copy of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of Luke. The text survives on two disparate fragments of the same codex, one from chapter 2 and one from chapter 24. The manuscript has been assigned paleographically to the 3rd century. [1]

Contents

Location

𝔓141 is housed at the Sackler Library (P. Oxy 5478) at the University of Oxford. [2]

Textual Reconstruction [1]

Fr. 1

. . . . . . [ειϲ] απ̣οκαλυ̣[ψιν εθνων και δο] (2:32)
ξαν λαου ϲου [Ιϲραηλ και ην ο] 33
π̅η̅ρ̣̅ αυτου κα̣ι̣η[μ̅[̅η̅ρ̅ θαυμαζον]
τεϲ επι τοιϲ λαλουμ[ενοιϲ περι]
5 αυτου και ηυλογηϲ̣ε[̣ ν αυτουϲ] 34
Cυμεων και ειπεν προ[ϲ
. . . . . .
ε]κ̣[ρ]α̣[ταιουτο] 40
[πληρουμενο]ν ϲοϕια και χαρ[ιϲ]
[θ̅υ̅ ην ε]π̣ α̣υ̣το̣v και επορευοντ̣[ο] 41
[οι γονε]ιϲ̣ αυτου κατ’ ετοϲ ειϲ Ϊ[ε]
5 [ρουϲαλ]ημ’ τη εορτη του παϲχ[α]ετη
[και ο]τ̣ε εγενετο αυτω ετηδωδεκα [ 42

Fr. 2
. . . . . . .
[εξ] η̣μω̣[ν εξεϲτηϲαν ημαϲ γενο] (24:22)
[με]ν̣αι̣ορ̣θ̣[ριναι επι το μνημειον]
[κ]α̣ι̣ μη ε[̣ υρουϲαι το ϲωμα αυτου] 23
5 [η]λ̣θον [λεγουϲαι και οπταϲιαν αγ]
[γε]λ̣ων ε[̣ ωρακεναι οι λεγουϲιν αυ]
[το]ν ζην [και απηλθον τινεϲ των] 24
[ϲυν] η̣μιν [επι το μνημειον και ευ]
[ρο]ν ουτω[ϲ καθωϲ και αι γυναικεϲ]
10 [ει]π̣ον α[υτον δε ουκ ειδον και αυ] 25
[το]ϲ ειπε[ν προϲ αυτουϲ ω ανοητοι]
[και] βρα[δειϲ τη καρδια του πιϲτευ]
[ει]ν̣επι π[αϲιν οιϲ ελαληϲαν οι προ]
[ϕ]η̣ται ο̣[υχι ταυτα εδει παθειν] 26
15 [το]ν̣ χ̅ρ̅ν̅ κα[ι ειϲελθειν ειϲ την δο]
[ξα]ν αυτου κ̣[αι αρξαμενοϲ απο Μωυ] 27
[ϲε]ω̣ϲ και α̣[πο παντων των προ]
[ϕη]τ̣ων διε̣[̣ ρμηνευϲεν αυτοιϲ]
[εν π]αϲαιϲ τα[ιϲ γραϕαιϲ τα περι εαυτου]
20 [και] η̣γγιϲαν̣[ειϲ την κωμην ου] 28
[επορ]ευοντο̣[και αυτοϲ προϲεποιη]
[ϲατ]ο̣ πορρω[τερον
. . . . . . . . . . . . .αρτ]ο̣ν [ηυλο] (30)
[γηϲεν και κλαϲαϲ επε]δ[ιδου αυ]
[τοιϲ αυτων δε διηνοι]χθη[ϲαν] 31
[οι οϕθαλμοι και επεγν]ω̣ϲαν̣[αυ]
5 [τον και αυτοϲ αϕαντ]οϲ εγε[νετο]
[απ αυτων και ειπα]ν̣ προ[ϲ αλ] 32
[ληλουϲ ουχι η καρδι]α̣ ημω̣[ν καιο]
[μενη ην εν ημιν εν] τ̣η οδω̣ [ωϲ]
[διηνοιγεν ημιν τα]ϲ̣ γρα̣ϕ[αϲ]
10 [και αναϲταντεϲ αυτ]η̣ τ̣η̣ ω̣[ρα] 33
[υπεϲτρεψαν ειϲ Ιερου]ϲ̣αλ[ημ]
[και ευρον ϲυνηθροιϲμ]ενο[υϲ τουϲ]
[ι̅α̅ και τουϲ ϲυν αυτοιϲ] λ̣εγον[ταϲ] 34
[οτι οντωϲ ηγερθη ο κ̅]̅ϲ̣̅ κα[ι ω]
15 [ϕθη Cιμωνι και αυτοι] εξ[ηγουν] 35
[το τα εν τη οδω και ω]ϲ ε[γνω]
[ϲθη αυτοιϲ εν τη κλ]α̣ϲε[ι του]
[αρτου ταυτα δε αυτων] λα[λουν] 36
[των αυτοϲ εϲτη εν μ]εϲ[ω αυ]
20 [των και λεγει αυτοιϲ] ει[ρη]
[νη υμιν πτοηθεντεϲ δ]ε κ̣[αι] 37
[εμϕοβοι γενομενοι εδ]ο̣κ[ουν π̅ν̅α̅]
[θεωρειν και ειπεν αυ]το̣[ιϲ 38
. . . . . .

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 B.W. Griffin and L.H. Blumell, The Oxyrhynchus Papyri, vol. 85, no. 5478, Egypt Exploration Society: London, England, 2020.
  2. "Liste Handschriften". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
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