Papyrus 65
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Papyrus 65 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), designated by 𝔓65, is a copy of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the First Epistle to the Thessalonians. The surviving texts of the epistle are the verses 1:3-2:1 and 2:6-13. The manuscript has been assigned on palaeographic grounds to the 3rd century.[1]
- Text
New Testament manuscript | |
Text | 1 Thessalonians 1-2 † |
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Date | 3rd century |
Script | Greek |
Found | Egypt |
Now at | National Archaeological Museum (Florence) |
Cite | V. Bartoletti, PGLSI XIV, (1957), pp. 5-7. |
Type | Alexandrian text-type |
Category | I |
The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type. Aland placed it in Category I, but text of the manuscript is too brief for certainty.[1] According to Philip Comfort, 𝔓49 and 𝔓65 came from the same manuscript.[2][3]
- Location
It is currently housed at the Papyrological Institute of Florence in National Archaeological Museum (Florence) (PSI 1373).[1][4]