Papyrus 84 (in the
Gregory-Aland numbering), designated by 𝔓
84, is a copy of the
New Testament
The New Testament grc, Ἡ Καινὴ Διαθήκη, transl. ; la, Novum Testamentum. (NT) is the second division of the Christian biblical canon. It discusses the teachings and person of Jesus, as well as events in first-century Christ ...
in
Greek
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. It is a
papyrus
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manuscript
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of the four
Gospel
Gospel originally meant the Christian message ("the gospel"), but in the 2nd century it came to be used also for the books in which the message was set out. In this sense a gospel can be defined as a loose-knit, episodic narrative of the words an ...
s. The surviving texts of Gospels are verses Mark 2:2-5,8-9; 6:30-31,33-34,36-37,39-41; John 5:5; 17:3,7-8.
[Published in S. Verhelst, ''Les fragments du Castellion (Kh. Mird) des évangiles de Marc et de Jean (P84)'', ''Le Muséon'', 116 (2003), 15-44.]
The manuscript
paleographically has been assigned to the 6th century.
; Text
The Greek text of this codex probably is mixed with strong element of the
Byzantine text-type
In the textual criticism of the New Testament, the Byzantine text-type (also called Majority Text, Traditional Text, Ecclesiastical Text, Constantinopolitan Text, Antiocheian Text, or Syrian Text) is one of the main text types. It is the form fou ...
.
Aland placed it in
Category III.
; Location
It is currently housed at the
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
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Library (P. A. M. Khirbet Mird, Greek 1–3; formerly P. A. M. Khirbet Mird 4, 11, 26, 27).
See also
* 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 ...
* Papyrus 83
Papyrus 83 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), designated by 𝔓83, is a copy of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Gospel of Matthew. The surviving texts of Matthew are verses 20:23-25,30-31; 23:39-24:1,6. The manuscrip ...
References
New Testament papyri
6th-century biblical manuscripts
Gospel of John papyri
Gospel of Mark papyri
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