Papyrus 106

Papyrus 106 is a fragmentary manuscript of the Gospel of John from the New Testament in Greek written on papyrus. It contains text from John 1:29-35 & 1:40-46. It is designated by the siglum 𝔓¹⁰⁶ in the Gregory-Aland numbering of New Testament manuscripts. Using the study of comparative writing styles (palaeography), it has been assigned to the early 3rd century.^[1] The manuscript is currently housed at the Sackler Library (Papyrology Rooms, shelf number P. Oxy. 4445) at Oxford University in Oxford, England.^[2]

Papyrus 106

New Testament manuscript
Name	P. Oxy. 4445
Sign	𝔓106
Text	Gospel of John 1:29-35; 1:40-46
Date	3rd century
Script	Greek
Found	Oxyrhynchus, Egypt
Now at	Sackler Library
Cite	W. E. H. Cockle, OP LXIV (1997), pp. 11-14
Size	13 x 8.8 cm
Type	Alexandrian text-type
Category	I

Description

The manuscript is made of papyrus, and originally would have been around 12.5 cm x 23 cm in size, with about 35 lines per page.^[3] Due to pagination being extant (gamma/Γ (=3) on the front and delta/Δ (=4) on the reverse of the leaf), this indicates that the manuscript was either a single codex of John, or had John at the beginning of a collection.^[1]: 33

Textual Character

Despite its fragmentary nature, the text of the manuscript is considered a representative of the Alexandrian text-type (or rather proto-Alexandrian), bearing familiarity to 𝔓⁶⁶, 𝔓⁷⁵, Codex Sinaiticus (א‎), and Vaticanus (B).^[1] The text-types are groups of different New Testament manuscripts which share specific or generally related readings, which then differ from each other group, and thus the conflicting readings can separate out the groups.^{[4]: 231–232} These are then used to determine the original text as published; there are three main groups with names: Alexandrian, Western, and Byzantine.^{[4]: 306–307}

Some notable readings

Below are some readings of the manuscript and how they relate to other manuscripts of the New Testament.^[5]

John 1:30:

υπερ (on behalf of): 𝔓¹⁰⁶ 𝔓⁵ 𝔓⁶⁶ 𝔓⁷⁵ א‎* B C* W^s pc

περι (concerning): א‎² A C³ L Θ Ψ 0101 ƒ¹ ƒ¹³ 33 ${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {M}}}$; Epiph

John 1:32 (1)

λεγων (saying)

omit. : 𝔓¹⁰⁶ א‎*

incl. : 𝔓⁵⁵ 𝔓⁶⁶ 𝔓⁷⁵ א‎¹ A B C

John 1:32 (2)

καταβαινον ως περιστεραν (descended as a dove): 𝔓¹⁰⁶ 𝔓⁵⁵ 𝔓⁷⁵ A B C

καταβαινον ωσει περιστερὰν (descended as if like a dove) : 𝔓⁶⁶ K P Δ 0101 ƒ¹ ƒ¹³ 700 892 1241 1424 l 2211 pm

ως περιστεραν καταβαινον (as a dove descended) : א‎

John 1:34

εκλεκτος (chosen) : 𝔓¹⁰⁶ 𝔓⁵ א‎* b e ff² Syriac Curetonian (sy^{c s}).^[6]

υς (υιος) (son) : 𝔓⁶⁶ 𝔓⁷⁵ א‎² A B C D W Θ Ψ 083

John 1:42

ιωαννου (of John) : 𝔓¹⁰⁶ 𝔓⁶⁶ 𝔓⁷⁵ א‎ B* L W^s 33 pc it co

ιωαννα (to John) : Θ 1241 pc vg

ιωνα (Jonah) : A B² Ψ ƒ¹ ƒ¹³ ${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {M}}}$ c q vg^cl sy bo^ms; Epiph

John 1:45

ναζαρεθ (Nazareth) : 𝔓¹⁰⁶ 𝔓⁷⁵ ${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {M}}}$

ναζαρετ (Nazaret) : 𝔓⁶⁶ א‎ A B

John 1:46

ναζαρεθ (Nazareth) : 𝔓¹⁰⁶ 𝔓⁷⁵ ${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {M}}}$

ναζαρετ (Nazaret) : 𝔓⁶⁶ א‎ A B

See also

• Bible portal

• List of New Testament papyri
• Oxyrhynchus Papyri