Fayyum Fragment
The Fayyum Fragment (Papyrus Vindobonensis Greek 2325 [P. Vienna G. 2325]) is a
The surviving manuscript is badly damaged and has fewer than a hundred Greek letters preserved.
Text
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...ε]ξαγειν ως ε[ι]πε[ν] οτι, Α[παντες] [εν ταυτη] τη νυκτι σκανδαλισ[θησεσ-] [θε κατα] το γραφεν· Παταξω τον [ποιμε-] [να, και τα] προβατα διασκορπισθησ[ονται. ει-] [ποντος το]υ Πετ{ρου}· Και ει παντες, ο[υκ εγω....] [...Ι{ησου}ς· Πρι]ν αλεκτρυων δις κοκ[κυσει τρις] [...με α]παρν[ηση.]
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...l]ead out, when he s[a]i[d]: A[ll] of you [on this] night will be scandaliz[ed] [according to] what is written: I shall strike the [shep-] herd and the] sheep shall be scatter[ed. When] [said] Pet{er}: Even if all, n[ot I....] [...J{esu}s: Befor]e a cock twice cr[ows, thrice][you will d]en[y me].
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Reconstruction
Textual comparison with the texts in the three synoptic gospels leads to the above reconstruction of missing letters:
Κατὰ Ματθαίον, 26: 30-34 | Κατά Μάρκον, 14: 26-30 | Fragment | Κατά Λουκάν, 22: 34, 39 |
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Καὶ ὑμνήσαντες |
Καὶ ὑμνήσαντες |
...ε]ξαγειν |
Καὶ |
Textual source
- Stanley E. Porter and Wendy J. Porter, New Testament Greek Papyri and Parchments. Vol. 1: Text; Vol. 2: Plates, Mitteilungen aus der Papyrussammlung der Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek (MPER) XXX (Berlin; New York: de Gruyter, 2008).
See also
References
- ISBN 0-567-04568-4.
- ISBN 978-0-19-826181-0.
- ISBN 978-3-11-019313-8.
- ISBN 0-8407-7484-2