Papyrus 133

Papyrus 133 (designated as 𝔓¹³³ in the Gregory-Aland numbering system) is what remains of an early copy of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the First Epistle to Timothy. The text survives on several fragments of a single leaf containing parts of verses 3:13-16 and 4:1-8. The manuscript has been assigned paleographically to the middle of the 3rd century.^[1]

Papyrus 133

New Testament manuscript
Name	P. Oxy. 81 5259
Sign	𝔓133
Text	1 Timothy 3:13-4:8
Date	3rd century
Script	Greek
Found	Oxyrhynchus
Now at	University of Oxford, Sackler Library, Oxford, England
Cite	J. Shao, The Oxyrhynchus Papyri, vol. 81, no. 5259, Egypt Exploration Society: London, England, 2016.
Size	16.3 x 4.5 in (27 x 13 cm)
Type	Mixed

Location

𝔓¹³³ is housed at the Sackler Library (P. Oxy. 81 5259) at the University of Oxford.^[2]

Textual variants

• 3:13: It reads ΤΗΝ (accusative relative pronoun) rather than the usual reading of ΤΗ (dative).^[3]
• 3:14: It omits ΠΡΟΣ ΣΕ (to you) along with F G 6 1739 1881.
• 4:6: According to the reconstruction of Shao, it contains the Alexandrian sequence χυ ιυ (Christ Jesus).

See also

• List of New Testament papyri