Papyrus 21 Explained

Papyrus 21 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), designated by siglum ²¹, is an early copy of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Gospel of Matthew, it contains only Matthew 12:24-26.32-33. The manuscript paleographically had been assigned to the early 4th century.^[1]

Description

The manuscript is written in large upright uncial letters.^[2]

The Greek text of this codex probably is a mixture of text-types. Aland placed it in Category III.^[1]

In Matthew 12:25 it has textual variant ιδων δε (instead of ειδως δε) in agreement with Codex Bezae, corrector b of the Codex Sinaiticus, 892*, the Latin text of Codex Bezae (it^d), k, c, s, cop^bo.^[3] In 12:32 it lacks words αυτω ουτε.^[2]

It is currently housed at the Muhlenberg College (Theol. Pap. 3) in Allentown (Pennsylvania).^{[1] [4]}

See also

• List of New Testament papyri
• Matthew 12

Further reading

• Book: B. P. . Grenfell . Bernard Pyne Grenfell . Hunt . A. S. . Arthur Surridge Hunt . Oxyrhynchus Papyri X . 1914 . London . 12–14 .

External links

• Rodney J. Decker, Description and Pictures of Oxyrhyncus Papyri 1227 (= P21) and 1077
• Trexler Library, 1227. St. Matthew's gospel, xii. Muhlenberg College.

Notes and References

1. Book: Aland . Kurt . Kurt Aland . Aland . Barbara . Barbara Aland . Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.) . The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism . . 1995 . Grand Rapids . 97 . 978-0-8028-4098-1.
2. Book: B. P. . Grenfell . Bernard Pyne Grenfell . Hunt . A. S. . Arthur Surridge Hunt . Oxyrhynchus Papyri X . 1914 . London . 12 .
3. UBS4, p. 43.
4. Web site: Liste Handschriften. Institute for New Testament Textual Research. 23 August 2011. Münster.