Papyrus 101

Papyrus 101 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), designated by 𝔓¹⁰¹, is an early copy of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Gospel of Matthew. The surviving texts of Matthew are verses 3:10-12; 3:16-4:3, they are in a fragmentary condition. The manuscript palaeographically has been assigned to the 3rd century.

Papyrus 101

New Testament manuscript
Name	P. Oxy. 4401
Sign	𝔓101
Text	Gospel of Matthew 3:10-12; 3:16-4:3
Date	3rd century AD
Script	Greek
Found	Oxyrhynchus, Egypt
Now at	Sackler Library
Cite	J. David Thomas, OP LXIV (1997), pp. 2-4.
Size	19 x 7.5 cm
Type	Alexandrian text-type

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type.

Location

The manuscript is currently housed at the Sackler Library (Papyrology Rooms, P. Oxy. 4401) at Oxford.

Textual Variants

• 3:10: εις (into) becomes προς (towards).
• 3:11: omits οπισω μου (after me).
• 3:11: βαστασαι (to bear) is changed to λυσαι (to untie). The missing space on the line above could also include κυφας (bending down), therefore almost conforming the text to the same as Mark 1:7.
• 3:16: ωσαι (as if it were) becomes ως (like).
• 3:16: και (and) is omitted from after περιστεραν (dove).
• 3:17: ευδοκησα (well pleased) becomes ηυδοκησα, a variant spelling.
• 4:2: ημερας τεσσερακοντα και νυκτας τεσσερακοντα (days forty and nights forty) becomes μ ημερας και μ νυκτας (forty days and forty nights (the numeral μ representing "forty")).

See also

• List of New Testament papyri

Further reading

• J. David Thomas, The Oxyrhynchus Papyri LXIV (London: 1997), pp. 2–4.
• Comfort, Philip W.; David P. Barrett (2001). The Text of the Earliest New Testament Greek Manuscripts. Wheaton, Illinois: Tyndale House Publishers. pp. 636–638. ISBN 978-0-8423-5265-9.

External links

Images

• P.Oxy.LXIV 4401 from Papyrology at Oxford's "POxy: Oxyrhynchus Online"
• 𝔓¹⁰¹ recto 3:10-12
• 𝔓¹⁰¹ verso 3:16-4:3

Official registration

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