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Papyrus 57 (in the Gregory- Aland numbering), designated by
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in
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Acts of the Apostles The Acts of the Apostles ( grc-koi, Πράξεις Ἀποστόλων, ''Práxeis Apostólōn''; la, Actūs Apostolōrum) is the fifth book of the New Testament; it tells of the founding of the Christian Church and the spread of its messag ...
, it contains only Acts 4:36-5:2.8-10. The manuscript palaeographically has been assigned to the 4th century (or 5th century). The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the
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. Aland placed it in Category II. It was published by Peter Sanz. It is currently housed at the
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(Pap. Vindob. G. 26020) in
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See also

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Acts 4 Acts 4 is the fourth chapter of the Acts of the Apostles in the New Testament of the Christianity, Christian Bible. The book containing this chapter is anonymous but early Christian tradition affirmed that Luke the Evangelist, Luke composed this b ...
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Acts 5 Acts 5 is the fifth chapter of the Acts of the Apostles in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. It records the growth of the early church and the obstacles it encountered.Halley, Henry H., ''Halley's Bible Handbook'': an abbreviated Bible c ...
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List of New Testament papyri A New Testament papyrus is a copy of a portion of the New Testament made on papyrus. To date, over 140 such papyri are known. In general, they are considered the earliest witnesses to the original text of the New Testament. This elite status amo ...


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Further reading

* Peter Sanz, ''Mitteilungen aus der Papyrussammlung der österreichischen Nationalbibliothek in Wien'', N.S., IV (Baden: 1946), pp. 66–67. {{DEFAULTSORT:Papyrus 0057 New Testament papyri 4th-century biblical manuscripts Biblical manuscripts of the Austrian National Library Acts of the Apostles papyri