Papyrus 78

Papyrus 78, also known as P. Oxy. XXXVI 2684, is an early copy of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Epistle of Jude. It is designated by the siglum 𝔓⁷⁸ in the Gregory-Aland numbering of New Testament manuscripts. The surviving texts of Jude are verses 4–5 & 7–8. 𝔓⁷⁸ is written in an elegant hand. Using the study of comparative writing styles (paleography), it has been assigned to the 3rd or 4th century CE.^[1]

Papyrus 𝔓⁷⁸

New Testament manuscript
Name	P. Oxy. 2684
Text	Jude †
Date	c. 200-400
Script	Greek
Found	Egypt
Now at	Sackler Library
Cite	L. Ingrams, P. Kingston, P. Parsons, and J. Rea, OP XXXIV (1968), pp. 4-6.
Type	Alexandrian text-type
Category	I

Description

Text

The Greek text of this codex is considered a representative of the Alexandrian text-type. 𝔓⁷⁸ displays a free text.^[2] Due to its early date, Biblical scholar Kurt Aland placed it in Category I of his New Testament classification system..^[1]

Present location

It is currently housed at the Sackler Library (P. Oxy. 2684) in Oxford.^[1][3]

Textual variants

v5: Addition of αδελφοι (brothers) after βουλομαι (I plan).

v7: υπεχουσαι (undergoing) becomes επεχουσαι (holding fast to).

v8: ουτοι (these) becomes αυτοι (themselves).

v8: δοξας (plural: glories) becomes δοξαν (singular: glory).

See also

• List of New Testament papyri
• Oxyrhynchus Papyri