Papyrus 108

Papyrus 108 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), designated by 𝔓¹⁰⁸, is a copy of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Gospel of John, containing verses 17:23-24 (the end of the Farewell Discourse) and 18:1-5 in a fragmentary condition. The manuscript has been paleographically assigned to the late 2nd or early 3rd Century CE. The manuscript is currently housed at the Papyrology Rooms (P. Oxy. 4447) of the Sackler Library at Oxford University.

Papyrus 108

New Testament manuscript
Name	P. Oxy. 4447
Sign	𝔓108
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

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. The text is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type. Although small, the manuscript concurs with Codex Sinaiticus. It has itacistic error in John 17:23 (γεινωσκη instead of γινωσκη).

Textual Variants

John 17:24 (1)

δεδωκας : 𝔓¹⁰⁸ 𝔓⁶⁰ 𝔓⁶⁶ א‎ B C D

εδωκας : A

John 17:24 (2)

κακεινοι : 𝔓¹⁰⁸ 𝔓^60(vid) 𝔓⁶⁶ א‎ B C D ${\mathfrak {M}}$

και εκεινοι : A

John 17:24 (3)

εδωκας : 𝔓¹⁰⁸ B K N Γ Θ 209 al; Cl

δεδωκας : א‎ A C D

John 18:2 (1)

ιης (ιησους) : 𝔓¹⁰⁸ 𝔓⁵⁹ 𝔓⁶⁰ 𝔓⁶⁶ א‎ B L pc

ο ιης (ιησους) : A C D W Θ Ψ 0250 ƒ¹³ 33 ${\mathfrak {M}}$

και ο ιης (ιησους) : Γ Δ 892^s al

John 18:2 (2)

εκει μετα των μαθητων αυτου : 𝔓¹⁰⁸ 𝔓^66c א‎ A C D W ${\mathfrak {M}}$

μετα των μαθητων αυτου εκει : B

εκει μετα των μαθητων : 𝔓⁶⁶*

John 18:3

και φαρισαιων : 𝔓^108(vid) א‎¹ A C W Θ Ψ 0250 ƒ¹³ 33 ${\mathfrak {M}}$

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

και των φαρισαιων : B 0140

John 18:4 (1)

δε : 𝔓¹⁰⁸ א‎ D L W f¹ 33 565 pc it sy^p co

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

John 18:4 (2)

ειδως : 𝔓¹⁰⁸ א‎ L W ƒ¹ ${\mathfrak {M}}$

ιδως : A C

ειδων : D

John 18:4 (3)

εξελθων ειπεν : 𝔓^108(vid) א‎ A C³ L W Θ Ψ 0250 ƒ¹³ 33 ${\mathfrak {M}}$

εξηλθεν και λεγει : B C^* D ƒ¹ 565 pc lat

εξηλθεν εξω και λεγει : 𝔓⁶⁰

See also

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

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 𝔓¹⁰⁸ recto, John 17:23-24
• Image from 𝔓¹⁰⁸ 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