Papyrus 111, designated by (in the Gregory-Aland numbering of New Testament manuscripts), is a copy of the

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. It is a

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of the

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, containing verses 17:11-13 & 17:22-23 in a fragmentary condition. Using the study of comparative writing styles (

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), it has been dated by the INTF to the 3rd century CE. Papyrologist Philip Comfort dates the manuscript to the first half of the 3rd century CE. The manuscript is currently housed at the

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(Papyrology Rooms, P. Oxy. 4495) at

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Description

Due to the fragmentary nature of the manuscript, it's not possible to determine the manuscript page's original width and length. But from the extant text, P. Comfort estimates around 21-22 lines a page. The extant text conforms with . The handwriting script is representative of the Documentary style. The manuscript has only one

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extant: .

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

Luke 17:12(1) : απηντησαν : A B W Ψ Majority of manuscripts : υπηντησαν : L N Θ ƒ

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2542 ''al'' Luke 17:12(2) : πορωθεν : : πορρωθεν : A B W Ψ Majority of manuscripts Luke 17:22 : του επιθυμησαι : D

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ƒ : οτε επιθυμησεται : A B : οτε επιθυμησηται : B* : οτε επιθυμησητε : Majority of manuscripts

References

External links

Images

P.Oxy.LXIV 4495
from Papyrology at Oxford's "POxy: Oxyrhynchus Online"
Image from 𝔓¹¹¹ recto, fragment of Luke 17:11-13

Image from 𝔓¹¹¹ verso, fragment of Luke 17:22-23

Official registration

"Continuation of the Manuscript List"
Institute for New Testament Textual Research, University of Münster. Retrieved April 9, 2008. {{DEFAULTSORT:Papyrus 0111 New Testament papyri 3rd-century biblical manuscripts Early Greek manuscripts of the New Testament Gospel of Luke papyri