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Papyri and Manuscripts
related to the Gospel and Epistles of John
Ancient Biblical PAPYRI containing portions of the Gospel of John:
(click on the hyperlinks for some images and further information)
The Three Oldest Johannine Papyri:
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P52
- John Rylands Papyrus 457 (2nd century) - see also K. C. Hanson's informative page on P52
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P90
- Oxyrhynchus Papyrus 3523 (2nd century) - a larger but badly damaged old piece of papyrus
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P66 - Papyrus Bodmer II (around 200 C.E.)
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contains most of John's Gospel: 1:1—6:11; 6:35—14:26, 29-30; 15:2-26; 16:2-4, 6-7, 16:10—20:20, 22-23, 20:25—21:9
Twelve More Papyri from the Third Century:
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Older Oxyrhynchus Discoveries: P5, P22, P28, P39
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Other Very Significant Papyri:
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P45 - preserves significant portions of all four Gospels and the Acts of the Apostles
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P75
- has the end of Luke and beginning of John on the same page!
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P80, P95 - two smaller fragments, containing only a few verses of John
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Newer Oxyrhynchus Fragments:
P106,
P107,
P108,
P109
Twelve More Papyri from the Fourth to Seventh Centuries:
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P2, P6, P36, P44, P55, P59, P60, P63, P76, P84, P93
Complete List of Papyri containing portions of the Fourth Gospel:
Papyrus
Number |
Date / Century |
Location / Inventory Number |
Biblical Contents
[with non-Johannine texts in brackets] |
P2 |
VI |
Florence, Museo Archeologico, Inv. 7134 |
John 12:12-15 |
P5 |
III |
London, British Library, Inv. 782 + 2484; P. Oxy. 208 + 1781 |
John 1:23-31, 33-40; 16:14-30; 20:11-17, 19-20, 22-25 |
P6 |
IV |
Strasbourg, Bibliothčque Nationale, Pap. copt. 379, 381, 382, 384 |
John 10:1-2, 4-7, 9-10; 11:1-8, 45-52 |
P22 |
III |
Glasgow, University Library, Ms. Gen. 1026/13; P. Oxy. 1228 |
John 15:25—16:2, 21-32 |
P28 |
III |
Berkeley, Pacific School of Religion, Palestine Institute Museum, Pap. 2; P. Oxy. 1596 |
John 6:8-12, 17-22 |
P36 |
VI |
Florence, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana; PSI 3 |
John 3:14-18, 31-32, 34-35 |
P39 |
III |
Rochester, Colgate Rochester Divinity School, Ambrose Swasey Library, Inv. 8864; P. Oxy. 1780 |
John 8:14-22 |
P44 |
VI/VII |
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Inv. 14.1.527 |
[parts of Mt 17, 18, 25]; John 9:3-4; 10:8-14; 12:16-18 |
P45 |
III |
Dublin, Chester Beatty Library, P. Chester Beatty I;
Vienna, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Pap. G. 31974 |
[parts of Mt 20—26; Mc 4—12; Lc 6—14];
John 4:51, 54; 5:21, 24; 10:7-25, 30-42; 11:1-10, 18-36, 42-57; [also parts of Acts 4—17] |
P52 |
II |
Manchester, J. Rylands University Library, Gr. P. 457 |
John 18:31-33, 37-38 |
P55 |
VI/VII |
Vienna, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Pap. G. 26214 |
John 1:31-33, 35-38 |
P59 |
VII |
New York, Pierpont Morgan Library; P. Colt 3 |
John 1:26, 28, 48, 51; 2:15-16; 11:40-52; 12:25, 29, 31, 35; 17:24-26; 18:1-2, 16-17, 22; 21:7, 12-13, 15, 17-20, 23 |
P60 |
VII |
New York, Pierpont Morgan Library; P. Colt 4 |
John 16:29-30, 32-33; 17:1-6, 8-9, 11-15, 18-25; 18:1-2, 4-5, 7-16, 18-20, 23-29, 31-37, 39-40; 19:2-3, 5-8, 10-18, 20, 23-26 |
P63 |
ca. 500 |
Berlin, Staatliche Museen, Inv. 11914 |
John 3:14-18; 4:9-10 |
P66 |
ca. 200 |
Cologny, Switzerland, Bibliothèque Bodmer; P. Bodmer II;
Dublin, Chester Beatty Library, P. Chester Beatty s.n.; Cologne, Institut für Altertumskunde, Inv. Nr. 4274/4298 |
John 1:1—6:11; 6:35—14:26, 29-30; 15:2-26; 16:2-4, 6-7, 16:10—20:20, 22-23, 20:25—21:9 |
P75 |
III |
Cologny, Switzerland, Bibliothèque Bodmer; P. Bodmer XIV, XV |
[starts with much of Luke 3—18; then Luke 22:4—24:53 continues immediately with John 1:1—11:45, 48-57; 12:3—13:10;
14:8—15:10 |
P76 |
VI |
Vienna, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Pap. G. 36102 |
John 4:9, 12 |
P80 |
III |
Barcelona, Fundación S. Lukas Evangelista, P. Barc. 83 |
John 3:34 |
P84 |
VI |
Louvain, Bibliothčque de l'Université, P. A. M. Kh. Mird 4. 11. 26. 27 |
[some bits of Mark 2 & 6]; John 5:5; 17:3, 7-8 |
P90 |
II |
Oxford, Ashmolean Museum 65 6 B. 32/M (3-5)a; P. Oxy. 3523 |
John 18:36—19:7 |
P93 |
V |
Florence, Istituto Papirologico "G. Vitelli", PSI inv. 108 |
John 13:15-17 |
P95 |
III |
Florence, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, PL II/31 |
John 5:26-29, 36-38 |
P106 |
III |
Oxford, Ashmolean Museum; P. Oxy. 4445 |
John 1:29-35, 40-46 |
P107 |
III |
Oxford, Ashmolean Museum; P. Oxy. 4446 |
John 17:1-2, 11 |
P108 |
III |
Oxford, Ashmolean Museum; P. Oxy. 4447 |
John 17:23-24, 18:1-5 |
P109 |
III |
Oxford, Ashmolean Museum; P. Oxy. 4448 |
John 21:18-20, 23-25 |
This table is based on the Appendix of NA-27 (Nestle-Aland's Novum
Testamentum Graece, 27th ed.), with some additional texts from the list by Wieland Willker.
Papyri containing portions of the Johannine Epistles:
Papyrus
Number
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Date /
Century
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Location / Inventory Number
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Biblical Contents
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P9
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III
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Cambridge (MA), Harvard University, Semitic Museum, Inv. 3736; P.Oxy. 402
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1 John 4:11-12, 14-17
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P74
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VII
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Cologny, Switzerland, Bibliothèque Bodmer; P.Bodmer XVII
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[parts of Acts 1—28; James 1—5; 1Peter 1—3; 2Peter 2—3];
1 John 1:1, 6; 2:1-2, 7, 13-14, 18-19, 25-26; 3:1-2, 8, 14, 19-20; 4:1, 6-7, 12, 16-17; 5:3-4, 9-10, 17; 2 John 1, 6-7, 12-13; 3 John 6, 12;
[also parts of Jude 1]
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Ancient Biblical MANUSCRIPTS important for Johannine Studies:
The hyperlinks below show images of the beginning of the Gospel of John, and some also of the end of Luke, in the corresponding manuscript.
These images and further explanations are from the Interpreting Ancient Manuscripts website.
Online RESOURCES for New Testament Papyri and Manuscripts:
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Interpreting Ancient Manuscripts - an excellent introductory overview,
containing sections on "Paleography, Manuscript Transmission, Modern Critical Text, Textual Criticism, Exercise in Textual Criticism, Glossary, and
Table of Greek Manuscripts"; by Dr. Timothy W. Seid, South Dartmouth, MA.
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Catalogue of New Testament Papyri & Codices (2nd—10th Centuries) - website
by K. C. Hanson, Fortress Press
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Complete List of Greek NT Papyri - great information compiled by Wieland Willker, University of Bremen
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Duke Papyrus Archive - large site, from the Special Collections Library at Duke University
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POxy: Oxyrhychus Online - large and informative site about Oxyrhynchus, the place and the texts
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Literal Translation of the Greek NT - transcriptions and photos of most biblical papyri
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