Papyrus 108 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), designated by 𝔓¹⁰⁸, is a copy of the

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. It is a

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of the

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, containing verses 17:23-24 (the end of the Farewell Discourse) and 18:1-5 in a fragmentary condition. The manuscript has been paleographically assigned to the late 2nd or early 3rd Century CE.Philip W. Comfort, ''Encountering the Manuscripts. An Introduction to New Testament Paleography & Textual Criticism'', Nashville, Tennessee: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 2005, p. 76. The manuscript is currently housed at the Papyrology Rooms (P. Oxy. 4447) of the

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Description

The original manuscript would've been around 14.5 cm x 18.5 cm, with 23 lines per page. The handwriting script is representative of the reformed Documentary style. The text is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type. Although small, the manuscript concurs with

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 manuscript ...

. It has itacistic error in John 17:23 (γεινωσκη instead of γινωσκη).Peter M. Head, ''The Habits of New Testament Copyists Singular Readings in the Early Fragmentary Papyri of John'', Biblica 85 (2004), p. 403.

Textual VariantsTaken from NA27 Edition Apparatus and http://ntvmr.uni-muenster.de/nt-transcripts

John 17:24 (1) :δεδωκας : B C D :εδωκας : A John 17:24 (2) :κακεινοι : B C D

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:και εκεινοι : A John 17:24 (3) :εδωκας : B K N Γ Θ 209 al; Cl :δεδωκας : A C D John 18:2 (1) : (ιησους) : B L ''pc'' : ''ο (ιησους)'' : A C D W Θ Ψ 0250 ƒ 33

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:και ο (ιησους) : Γ Δ 892 al John 18:2 (2) :εκει μετα των μαθητων αυτου : A C D W

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:μετα των μαθητων αυτου εκει : B :εκει μετα των μαθητων : * John 18:3 :και φαρισαιων : A C W Θ Ψ 0250 ƒ 33

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:και εκ των φαρισαιων : * D L

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''pc'' a aur :και των φαρισαιων : B 0140 John 18:4 (1) :δε : D L W f 33

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''pc'' it sy co :ουν : A B C Θ Ψ 0250

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aurc e vg sy^h John 18:4 (2) :ειδως : L W ƒ

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:ιδως : A C :ειδων : D John 18:4 (3) :εξελθων ειπεν : A C L W Θ Ψ 0250 ƒ 33

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:εξηλθεν και λεγει : B C^* D ƒ

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References

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Images

P.Oxy.LXIV 4447
from Papyrology at Oxford's "POxy: Oxyrhynchus Online"
Image from 𝔓¹⁰⁸ recto, John 17:23-24

Image from 𝔓¹⁰⁸ verso, John 18:1-5

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