Editing Papyrus 69


'''Papyrus 69''' (designated by <math>\mathfrak{P}</math><sup>69</sup> in the [[Biblical manuscript#Gregory-Aland|Gregory-Aland]] numbering) is small fragment from the [[Gospel of Luke]] dating to the 3rd century<ref>[http://nttranscripts.uni-muenster.de/AnaServer?NTtranscripts+0+start.anv New Testament Transcripts Prototype]</ref>. It is dated to the late 3rd century.

It contains [[Gospel of Luke|Luke]] 22:41,45-48r+22:58-61v in [[Greek language|Greek]]. Size of leaves 8.5 x 5 cm. It was found in Oxyrhynchus. Currently it is housed in the Papyrology Rooms, [[Sackler Library]], [[Oxford]].<ref name = Aland/>

== Description ==

This fragment omits the entire detailed content of Jesus’ prayer in [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke%2022:42%E2%80%9345&version=31 Luke 22:42–45a].<ref>Comfort, ''The Text of the Earliest New Testament Greek Manuscripts'' (2001), p. 472. </ref> At Luke 22:61 Peter (not Jesus) is looking. [[Claire Clivaz]] has suggested that <math>\mathfrak{P}</math><sup>69</sup> (P. Oxy 2383) should be regarded 'as a witness to a Marcionite edition of Luke's Gospel'<ref>Clivaz,C., ''The Angel and the Sweat Like 'Drops of Blood' (Lk 22:43–44): P69 and f13'', HTR 98 2005), p. 420 </ref>. Peter M Head feels that 'the suggestion that <math>\mathfrak{P}</math><sup>69</sup> is a manuscript of Marcion’s Gospel is a very clever idea which is however not proven and not the most plausible context for making sense of this fascinating manuscript'<ref>http://evangelicaltextualcriticism.blogspot.com/2006/07/not-marcionite-manuscript.html</ref>. 

The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the [[Western text-type]]. According to [[Kurt Aland|Aland]] text is very free, "characteristic of precursors of the D-text", therefore Aland placed it in [[Categories of New Testament manuscripts#Category IV|Category IV]].<ref name = Aland>Kurt Aland, and Barbara Aland, ''The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism'', transl. Erroll F. Rhodes, William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1995, p. 100. </ref>

== Text ==
[recto]
: [εις πειρασ]μ[ον] <sup>[41]</sup> κ̣[αι αυτος απεσ]
: [πασθη απ αυτων ωσ]ε̣ι λιθου β̣ο̣λ̣[ην]
: [και θεις τα γονατα προσ]η̣υ̣χ̣ε̣τ̣ο̣
: <sup>[45]</sup> [ελθων προς τους μ̣αθ]ητ[ας ευ]
: [ρεν αυτους καθευ]δοντας κοι
: [μωμενους αυτους απο τη]ς̣ λυπης <sup>[46]</sup> [κ]α̣ι̣
: [ειπεν αυτοις] τ̣ι κ̣α̣θευδ̣ε
: [τε ανασταντες πρ]ο̣σ̣ευχεσ̣θ̣ε
: [ινα μη εισελθητε εις πει]ρ̣ασμ̣ο̣ν̣
: <sup>[47]</sup> [ετι δε αυτου λαλουντος ι]δου̣
: [οχλος και ο λεγομενος ιου]δ̣ας
: [εις των ι̅β̅ προηρχετο α]υ̣[τ]ους
: [και εγγισας εφιλησε]ν̣ τ̣ον ι̣̅η̅ν̅
: <sup>[48]</sup> [ι̅η̅ς̅ δε ειπεν αυτω ιουδα φι]λ̣η̣[ματι

[verso]
: <sup>[58]</sup> – [ιδων] α̣υ̣[τ]ω̣ ε̣[φη και συ εξ αυτων ει]
: ο̣ δ̣ε ειπεν [α̅ν̅ε̅ ουκ ειμι <sup>[59]</sup> και δι]
: α̣σ̣τασης ωσ̣[ει ωρας α̅ αλλος τις ισχυ]
: ριζ̣ετο λεγω[ν επ αληθειας και]
: ου̣τ̣ο̣ς ην μ[ετ αυτου και γαρ γα]
: λ̣[ι]λ̣α̣ιος εστ̣[ιν] <sup>[60]</sup> [ειπεν δε ο πετρος]
: α̣ν̣̅ε ουκ οι[δα ο λεγεις και ετι]
: αυτου λαλου̣[ντος παραχρημα]
: ε̣φωνησεν̣ [αλεκτωρ] <sup>[61]</sup> [και στρα]
: φεις ο πε̣τ̣ρ̣[ος ενεβλεψεν αυ]
: τω τοτε [υπεμνησθη ο πετρος]
: τ̣ου ρημ[ατος του κ̅υ̅ ως ειπεν]
: αυ̣τω π[ριν αλεκτορα φωνησαι ση]
: μ̣[ερον απαρνηση με τρις] <sup>[62]</sup> [και]

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

== References ==

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== Further reading ==
* Clivaz,C., (2005) ''The Angel and the Sweat Like "Drops of Blood" (Lk 22:43-44): P69 and f13'', HTR 98, doi:10.1017/S0017816005001045
* Ehrman & Plunkett (1983), ''The Angel and the Agony: The Textual Problem of Luke 22:43 44'', Catholic Biblical Quarterly,45, pp. 401-16.
* Head (1993), Peter M., ''Christology and Textual Transmission: Reverential Alterations in the Synoptic Gospels'', Novum Testamentum, Vol. 35, Fasc. 2 (Apr., 1993), esp. pp. 123-126.
* Wayment (2008), Thomas A., ''A new transcription of POxy 2383 (P69)'', NovT 50, pp. 351-57.

== Images ==

* [http://163.1.169.40/cgi-bin/library?e=q-000-00---0POxy--00-0-0--0prompt-10---4----ded--0-1l--1-en-50---20-about-2383--00031-001-1-0utfZz-8-00&a=d&c=POxy&cl=search&d=HASH01dc6bed2edf2c31fe1a398c P69/P.Oxy.L 2383]

== External References ==

* [http://www.papyrology.ox.ac.uk/POxy/ POxy - Oxyrhynchus Papyri online database]
* [http://evangelicaltextualcriticism.blogspot.com/2006/07/manuscript-witness-to-marcionite.html PM Head's initial review of Clivaz] 
* [http://evangelicaltextualcriticism.blogspot.com/2006/07/not-marcionite-manuscript.html PM Head's further discussion]

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