Papyrus 8

Papyrus 8 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), signed by 𝔓⁸ or α 8 (von Soden), is an early copy of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Acts of the Apostles, it contains Acts 4:31–37; 5:2–9; 6:1–6.8–15.^{[citation needed]} The manuscript paleographically has been assigned to the 4th century.^[1]

Papyrus 𝔓⁸

New Testament manuscript
Text	Acts 4-6 †
Date	4th century
Script	Greek
Found	Egypt
Now at	Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Cite	A. H. Salonius, Die griechischen Handschriftenfragmente des Neuen Testaments in den Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin, ZNW 26 (1927), 97–119
Size	18.6 by 10.4 cm
Type	Alexandrian text-type
Category	II

The text is written in two columns per page, 25 lines per page.^[2]

Text

The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type. Aland placed it in Category II.^[1]

The text of the codex was published by Salonius in 1927.^[3]

Location

It is currently housed at the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (Inv. no. 8683) in Berlin.^[1][4]

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  Papyrus 8, recto.
• 
  Papyrus 8, verso.

See also

• Acts of the Apostles: chapter 4, 5, and 6
• List of New Testament papyri