Papyrus 38

Papyrus 38 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), designated by 𝔓³⁸, is an early copy of part of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Acts of the Apostles, it contains only Acts 18:27-19:6.12-16. The manuscript paleographically has been assigned to the early 3rd century.^[1]

Papyrus 𝔓³⁸

New Testament manuscript
Text	Acts 18-19 †
Date	ca. 220
Script	Greek
Found	Egypt
Now at	University of Michigan
Cite	H. A. Sanders."A Papyrus Fragment of Acts in the Michigan Collection", HTR, vol. 20. 1927, pp. 1-19.
Size	14 x 27
Type	Western text-type
Category	IV

Although the text is quite short, the Greek text of this codex has been called a representative of the Western text-type. Aland named it as Free text and placed in Category IV. The text of this manuscript is related to Codex Bezae.^[2]

The manuscript was purchased in Cairo in 1924.^[1]

It is now in the University of Michigan (Inv. 1571) in Ann Arbor.^[2][3]

See also

• Acts 18
• List of New Testament papyri