Papyrus 66

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[[Image:Papyrus66.jpg|thumb|250px|Papyrus 66]]
'''Papyrus 66''' (also referred to as [[Image:C3945eee4633c095c5059f9a67aca5f7.png]]66) is a near complete [[codex]] of the [[Gospel of John]], and part of the collection known as the [[Bodmer Papyri]].

== Description ==

The manuscript contains [[John 1:1]]-[[John 6:11|6:11]], [[John 6:35|6:35b]]-[[John 14:26|14:26]], [[John 14:29|29]]-[[John 14:30|30]]; [[John 15|15:2-26]]; [[John 16|16:2-4]], [[John 16|6-7]]; [[John 16|16:10-20:20]], [[John 16|22-23]]; [[John 20|20:25-21:9]], [[John 20|12]], [[John 20|17]]. It is one of the oldest [[New Testament]] [[manuscript]]s known to exist, with its writing dated to around [[200 AD]].[]

In common with both the other surviving early papyri of John's Gospel; [[Papyrus 45|P45]] (apparently), [[Papyrus 75|P75]], and most New Testament [[List of New Testament uncials|uncial]]s, Papyrus 66 does not include the [[Jesus and the woman taken in adultery|pericope of the adulteress]] ([[John 7:53]]-[[John 8:11|8:11]])[]; demonstrating the absence of this passage in all the surviving early witnesses of the [[Gospel of John]]. The manuscript also contains, consistently, the use of [[Nomina Sacra]].

According to recent studies done by papyrologists Karyn Berner[] and Philip Comfort,[] it is evident that [[Image:C3945eee4633c095c5059f9a67aca5f7.png]]66 had the work of three individuals on it: The original, professional scribe, a thoroughgoing corrector and a minor corrector.

== Text ==
[[Image:Papyrus 66 (GA).jpg|thumb|Staurogram in the third, sixth, and tenth line]]
The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the [[Alexandrian text-type]]. Aland ascribed it as "Free text" and placed it in I Category.[]

A transcription of every single page of [[Image:C3945eee4633c095c5059f9a67aca5f7.png]]66 is contained in the book referenced in reference 2, pages 388-468.

In [[John 13:5]] it has unique textual variant ποδονιπτηρα instead of νιπτηρα. In [[John 13:7|13:7]] it has αρ (error) instead of αρτι.

== History ==

The manuscript was found in [[1952 AD|1952]] at Pabau near Dishna (Egypt).

It is currently housed at the Cologny-Geneva, Switzerland: Bibliotheca Bodmerians. The Papyrus contains 39 folios (that's 78 leaves, 156 pages), at a size of 14.2 cm x 16.2 cm for each leaf with roughly 15-25 lines per page.

== See also ==
* [[List of New Testament papyri]]
* [[Bodmer papyri]]

== References ==

== External links ==

* [http://www.bible-researcher.com/papyrus66.html Papyrus 66] at Bible Research

[[Category:New Testament papyri|Papyrus 0066]]
[[Category:2nd-century biblical manuscripts|Papyrus 0066]]

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