Papyrus 107 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), designated by , is a copy of the

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, containing verses 17:1-2 & 17:11 in a fragmentary condition. The manuscript has been paleographically assigned to the early 3rd century CE. The manuscript currently is housed at the Sackler Library (Papyrology Rooms, P. Oxy. 4446) at

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Description

The original manuscript would've had around 33 lines per page. The extant portion is too small to determine height and width. The handwriting script is either documentary or common. The text is erratic, and doesn't really agree with any major text-type, bearing most resemblance with Codex Washingtonianus (W).Comfort, P. W., & Barrett, D. P. (2001). The text of the earliest New Testament Greek manuscripts, pp. 648

Textual Variants

John 17:1 :''και ο (υιος)'': :''και ο (υιος) σου'': C^(2).3, L, Ψ, f¹³, 33,

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, q, vg^mss; Or^pt :''ο (υιος)'': א, B, C^*, W, 0109, 0301, pc, d, e, ff², pbo; Or^pt :''ο (υιος) σου'': A, D, Θ, 0250, 1, 579, l 844, pc, lat, sy John 17:2 (1) :''δως'': , W, L :''δωση'': א², A, C, K, 0250, 33, al :''δωσω'': 0109, א^*, pc :''δωσει'': B, Ψ, 0301, f¹³,

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:''εχη'': D John 17:2 (2) :''αυτω'': , א, W, 0109, pc :''αυτοις'': א², A, B, C, K, Ψ, 0250, 0301, f¹³,

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, 33, al :omit. : D John 17:11 (1) :Insert ''ουκετι ειμι εν τω κοσμω, και εν τω κοσμω ειμι'' between ερχομαι and πατερ ::incl. : , D, (a c), r1 ::omit. : , א, A, B, C, L, K, W, Θ, Ψ,

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John 17:11 (2) :''ω εδωκας'': , , א, L, W, 579, pc :''ω δεδωκας'': , A, B, C, Θ, Ψ, f¹³, 1,

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:''ο δεδωκας'': D^*, 1424, pc :''ους δεδωκας'': D¹, (N), 209, 892, al, aur, f, q, vg John 17:11 (2) :''εν καθως και ημεις'': , , B, Θ, 579,

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, l 844, al, aur, f, vg, syh :''εν καθως ημεις'': , א, A, C, D,

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:omit. : , it, ac2

References

External links

Images

P.Oxy.LXIV 4446
from Papyrology at Oxford's "POxy: Oxyrhynchus Online"
𝔓¹⁰⁷ recto, John 17:11

𝔓¹⁰⁷ verso, John 17:1-2

Official registration

"Continuation of the Manuscript List"
Institute for New Testament Textual Research, University of Münster. Retrieved April 9, 2008 {{DEFAULTSORT:Papyrus 0107 New Testament papyri 3rd-century biblical manuscripts Early Greek manuscripts of the New Testament Gospel of John papyri