Papyrus 22, designated by (in the Gregory-Aland numbering of New Testament manuscripts), is an early copy of the

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. It is a

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of the

Gospel of John The Gospel of John ( grc, Εὐαγγέλιον κατὰ Ἰωάννην, translit=Euangélion katà Iōánnēn) is the fourth of the four canonical gospels. It contains a highly schematic account of the ministry of Jesus, with seven "sig ...

, only containing extant John 15:25-16:2, 21–32. Using the study of comparative writings styles, (

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), the manuscript has been dated to the early 3rd century CE. It is the only identified New Testament papyrus to have been written originally as a roll; not a

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or re-using the back of a scroll.

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The text was written in two consecutive columns on a roll. The reverse side is blank. The manuscript employs conventional

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: . The text contains no punctuation marks.B. P. Grenfell & A. S. Hunt, ''Oxyrynchus Papyri'' X, (London 1914), p. 14. The Greek text of this codex is considered a representative of the

Alexandrian text-type In textual criticism of the New Testament, the Alexandrian text-type is one of the main text types. It is the text type favored by the majority of modern textual critics and it is the basis for most modern (after 1900) Bible translations. Over 5,8 ...

. Aland described it as a normal text and placed it in Category I. This manuscript displays an independent text. Coincidences with 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) ...

are frequent, but divergences are noticeable. There are no singular readings.Peter M. Head, ''The Habits of New Testament Copyists Singular Readings in the Early Fragmentary Papyri of John'', Biblica 85 (2004), 406. According to Schofield the fragment rather represents the eclecticism of the early papyri before the crystallizing of the textual families had taken place. It is currently housed at the

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(MS Gen 1026) in

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at the CSNTM {{DEFAULTSORT:Papyrus 0022 New Testament papyri 3rd-century biblical manuscripts University of Glasgow Library collection Early Greek manuscripts of the New Testament Gospel of John papyri

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