Papyrus 77 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), designated by 𝔓⁷⁷, is a

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of the

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verses 23:30-39. It is written in

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and has palaeographically been assigned a date anywhere from the middle 2nd century to the early 3rd century. According to Comfort, Papyrus 77 together with Papyrus 103 probably belong to the same codex.Philip W. Comfort, ''Encountering the Manuscripts. An Introduction to New Testament Paleography & Textual Criticism'', Nashville, Tennessee: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 2005, p. 73. ; Text The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the

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. Aland ascribed it as a “at least normal text”, and placed it in Category I. 𝔓⁷⁷ has the closest affinity 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 manuscripts) ...

. ; Present location It is currently housed at the

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(P. Oxy. 2683) in

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Textual Variants

* 23:30: Rearranges the words αυτων κοινωνοι (their partners) to κοινωνοι αυτων ('partners of them'). * 23:37: Has variant spelling ορνιξ for ορνις (hen). * 23:37: Originally omitted και from the text. Scribe added it later superlinearly between πτερυγας and ουκ. * 23:38: According to the transcription from the University of Münster Institute for New Testament Textual Research, the scribe omitted ερημος (desolate). According to the transcription of Philip Comfort and David Barrett however, the scribe included it.Philip Comfort and David Barrett, ''Text of the Earliest NT Greek Manuscripts'', pp. 611

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P.Oxy.LXVI 2683
from Papyrology at Oxford's "POxy: Oxyrhynchus Online"
Papyrus 77 recto

Papyrus 77 verso
{{DEFAULTSORT:Papyrus 0077 New Testament papyri 3rd-century biblical manuscripts Early Greek manuscripts of the New Testament Gospel of Matthew papyri Sackler library manuscripts

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