Papyrus 21

Papyrus 21 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), designated by siglum 𝔓²¹, is an early copy of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Gospel of Matthew, it contains only Matthew 12:24-26.32-33. The manuscript paleographically had been assigned to the early 4th century.^[1]

Papyrus 𝔓²¹

New Testament manuscript
Page recto with text of Matthew 12:24-26
Name	P. Oxy. 1227
Text	Matthew 12:24-33 †
Date	4th century
Script	Greek
Found	Egypt
Now at	Muhlenberg College
Cite	B. P. Grenfell & A. S. Hunt, Oxyrynchus Papyri X, pp. 12-14
Size	11.5 cm by 4.5 cm
Type	mixed
Category	III

Grenfell and Hunt

Bernard Grenfell		Arthur Hunt

Description

The manuscript is written in large upright uncial letters.^[2]

The Greek text of this codex probably is a mixture of text-types. Aland placed it in Category III.^[1]

In Matthew 12:25 it has textual variant ιδων δε (instead of ειδως δε) in agreement with Codex Bezae, corrector b of the Codex Sinaiticus, 892*, the Latin text of Codex Bezae (it^d), k, c, s, cop^bo.^[3] In 12:32 it lacks words αυτω ουτε.^[2]

It is currently housed at the Muhlenberg College (Theol. Pap. 3) in Allentown (Pennsylvania).^[1][4]

See also

• List of New Testament papyri
• Matthew 12