Papyrus 21 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), designated by

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𝔓²¹, is an early copy of the

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in Greek. It is a

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of the

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, it contains only Matthew 12:24-26.32-33. The manuscript paleographically had been assigned to the early 4th century.

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The manuscript is written in large upright uncial letters. The Greek text of this codex probably is a mixture of text-types. Aland placed it in Category III. In Matthew 12:25 it has textual variant ιδων δε (instead of ειδως δε) in agreement with Codex Bezae, corrector b of the

Codex Sinaiticus The Codex Sinaiticus (Shelfmark: London, British Library, Add MS 43725), designated by siglum [Aleph] or 01 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering of New Testament manuscripts), δ 2 (in the von Soden numbering of New Testament manuscripts) ...

, 892*, the Latin text of Codex Bezae (it^d), k, c, s, cop^bo.UBS4, p. 43. In 12:32 it lacks words αυτω ουτε. It is currently housed at the Muhlenberg College (Theol. Pap. 3) in Allentown (

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* Rodney J. Decker
Description and Pictures of Oxyrhyncus Papyri 1227 (= P21) and 1077
* Trexler Library
1227. St. Matthew's gospel, xii.
Muhlenberg College. {{DEFAULTSORT:Papyrus 0021 New Testament papyri 3rd-century biblical manuscripts Early Greek manuscripts of the New Testament Gospel of Matthew papyri

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