Papyrus 108

Papyrus 108

New Testament manuscript papyri uncials minuscules lectionaries
Name	P. Oxy. 4447
Sign	${\mathfrak {P}}$^108
Text	Gospel of John 17:23-24; 18:1-5
Date	2nd / 3rd century
Script	Greek
Found	Oxyrhynchus, Egypt
Now at	Sackler Library
Cite	W. E. H. Cockle, OP LXV (1998), pp. 16-18
Size	10.5 x 6.2 cm
Type	Alexandrian text-type
Note	concurs with א

Papyrus 108 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), designated by ${\mathfrak {P}}$¹⁰⁸, is a copy of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Gospel of John, containing verses 17:23-24 & 18:1-5 in a fragmentary condition. The manuscript has been paleographically assigned to the late 2nd or early 3rd Century CE.^[1] The manuscript is currently housed at the Papyrology Rooms (P. Oxy. 4447) of the Sackler Library at Oxford University.^[2]

Description

The original manuscript would've been around 14.5 cm x 18.5 cm, with 23 lines per page. The handwriting script is representative of the reformed Documentary style.^[3] The text is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type. Although small, the manuscript concurs with Codex Sinaiticus.^[1] It has itacistic error in John 17:23 (γεινωσκη instead of γινωσκη).^[4]

Textual Variants^[5]

John 17:24 (1)

δεδωκας : ${\mathfrak {P}}$¹⁰⁸, ${\mathfrak {P}}$⁶⁰, ${\mathfrak {P}}$⁶⁶, א, B, C, D

εδωκας : A

John 17:24 (2)

κακεινοι : ${\mathfrak {P}}$¹⁰⁸, ${\mathfrak {P}}$^60vid, ${\mathfrak {P}}$⁶⁶, א, B, C, D, $\mathfrak{M}$

και εκεινοι : A

John 17:24 (3)

εδωκας : ${\mathfrak {P}}$¹⁰⁸, B, K, N, Γ, Θ, 209, al; Cl

δεδωκας : א, A, C, D

John 18:2 (1)

ιης (ιησους) : ${\mathfrak {P}}$¹⁰⁸, ${\mathfrak {P}}$⁵⁹, ${\mathfrak {P}}$⁶⁰, ${\mathfrak {P}}$⁶⁶, א, B, L, pc

ο ιης (ιησους) : A, C, D, W, Θ, Ψ, 0250, f¹³, 33, $\mathfrak{M}$

και ο ιης (ιησους) : Γ, Δ, 892^s, al

John 18:2 (2)

εκει μετα των μαθητων αυτου : ${\mathfrak {P}}$¹⁰⁸, ${\mathfrak {P}}$^66c, א, A, C, D, W, $\mathfrak{M}$

μετα των μαθητων αυτου εκει : B

εκει μετα των μαθητων : ${\mathfrak {P}}$^66*

John 18:3

και φαρισαιων : ${\mathfrak {P}}$^108vid, א¹, A, C, W, Θ, Ψ, 0250, f¹³, 33, $\mathfrak{M}$

και εκ των φαρισαιων : א^*,2, D, L, 579, pc, a, aur

και των φαρισαιων : B, 0141

John 18:4 (1)

δε : ${\mathfrak {P}}$¹⁰⁸, א, D, L, W, f¹, 33, 565, pc, it, sy^p, co

ουν : ${\mathfrak {P}}$^60vid, A, B, C, Θ, Ψ, 0250, $\mathfrak{M}$, aurc, e, vg, sy^h

John 18:4 (2)

ειδως : ${\mathfrak {P}}$¹⁰⁸, א, L, W, f¹, $\mathfrak{M}$

ιδως : A, C

ειδων : D

John 18:4 (3)

εξελθων ειπεν : ${\mathfrak {P}}$^108vid, א, A, C³, L, W, Θ, Ψ, 0250, f¹³, 33, $\mathfrak{M}$

εξηλθεν και λεγει : B, C^*, D, f¹, 565, pc, lat

εξηλθεν εξω και λεγει : ${\mathfrak {P}}$⁶⁰

See also

• List of New Testament papyri
• Oxyrhynchus Papyri
• Gospel of John: chapter 17, 18

References

1. Philip W. Comfort, Encountering the Manuscripts. An Introduction to New Testament Paleography & Textual Criticism, Nashville, Tennessee: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 2005, p. 76.
2. "Liste Handschriften". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 27 August 2011.
3. Comfort, P. W., & Barrett, D. P. (2001). The text of the earliest New Testament Greek manuscripts, pp. 650
4. Peter M. Head, The Habits of New Testament Copyists Singular Readings in the Early Fragmentary Papyri of John, Biblica 85 (2004), p. 403.
5. Taken from NA27 Edition Apparatus, and http://ntvmr.uni-muenster.de/nt-transcripts

Further reading

• W. E. H. Cockle, The Oxyrhynchus Papyri LXV (London: 1998), pp. 16–18.
• Comfort, Philip W.; David P. Barrett (2001). The Text of the Earliest New Testament Greek Manuscripts. Wheaton, Illinois: Tyndale House Publishers. pp. 650–652. ISBN 978-0-8423-5265-9.

External links

Images

• P.Oxy.LXIV 4447 from Papyrology at Oxford's "POxy: Oxyrhynchus Online"
• Image from ${\mathfrak {P}}$¹⁰⁸ recto, John 17:23-24
• Image from ${\mathfrak {P}}$¹⁰⁸ verso, John 18:1-5

Official registration

• "Continuation of the Manuscript List" Institute for New Testament Textual Research, University of Münster. Retrieved April 9, 2008