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Papyrus 95
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Papyrus 95 is an early copy of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Gospel of John in a fragmentary condition. It is designated by the siglum 𝔓95 in the Gregory-Aland numbering of New Testament manuscripts. The surviving texts of John are verses 5:26-29,36-38. Using the study of comparative writing styles (palaeography), it has been assigned to the early 3rd century.[1]

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The writing is in 35 lines per page.[2] The fragment should have the word πατήρ contracted (known as a nomen sacrum) in two places, however the place where these would appear is missing due to the fragmentary nature of the manuscript.[3] The manuscript is currently housed at the Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (PL II/31) at Florence.[4][5]

Text

The Greek text of this manuscript is considered a representative of the Alexandrian text-type. Papyrologist and biblical scholar Philip Comfort describes it as proto-Alexandrian, though the extant portion is too fragmentary for certainty.[2] It has not yet been placed in any of the Categories of New Testament manuscripts.[4]

Textual variants

  • 5:27 Word-spacing analysis indicates that 10-14 letters intruded between the first two words of the verse
  • 5:28: ακουσουσιν (akousousin, 'shall hear' (future tense)) becomes ακουσαντες (akousantes, 'have heard' (aorist aspect, participle)).
  • 5:36: omits second 'αυτα' (auta, these) through possible homoeoteleuton.

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