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New Testament Papyri

A New Testament papyrus is a copy of a portion of the New Testament made on papyrus. To date, over 140 such papyri are known. They are considered the earliest versions ofthe original text of the New Testament.

The grouping of papyri was first introduced by Caspar RenΓ© Gregory, who assigned them the Blackletter character 𝔓 followed by a superscript number. This number refers to the order in which the papyrus was registered. Before 1900, only 9 papyri manuscripts were known. By 1989 there were 96 known papyri, and as of 2021, a total of 141 papyri are known.

Among the most important are the Chester Beatty Papyri: 𝔓45, which contains the Gospels and Acts; 𝔓46, which contains the Pauline epistles; and 𝔓47, which contains the Book of Revelation. All of these are thought to date from sometime in the third century. The Bodmer Papyri: 𝔓66, which contains the Gospel of John; and 𝔓75, which contains the Gospels of Luke and John are more complete, allowing scholars to better examine their textual character.

The table below provides information and detail links on P1 - P50.

Manuscripts in beige rows belong to the Oxyrhynchus Papyri
Manuscripts in light cyan rows belong to the Bodmer Papyri (𝔓66, 𝔓72, 𝔓73, 𝔓74, 𝔓75)
Manuscripts in light pink rows belong to the Chester Beatty Papyri (𝔓45, 𝔓46, 𝔓47, 𝔓97, 𝔓99)
Gold color indicates high resolution color images available online.
Tan color indicates high resolution color images available locally, not online.
Light tan color indicates only a small fraction of manuscript pages with color images available online.
Light gray color indicates black/white or microfilm images available online.
Violet color indicates high resolution ultraviolet images available online.

Papyrus 1–50

Name Date Content Pages Institution Ref # City, State Country Images
𝔓1 200-300 Matthew 1:1-9, 12-13, Matthew 1:14-20, 23 2 Frg University of Pennsylvania P. Oxy. 2; E 2746 Philadelphia
Pennsylvania 		United States PM,[10] CSNTM, INTF
𝔓2 500-600 John 12:12-15 1 Frg National Archaeological Museum Inv. 7134 Florence Italy CSNTM[permanent dead link], INTF
𝔓3 500-700 Luke 7:36-45, 10:38-42 1 Frg Austrian National Library G 2323 Pap Vienna Austria ANL,[11] CSNTM, INTF
𝔓4 200-300 Luke 1:58-59, 1:62-2:1, 2:6-7, 3:8-4:2, 4:29-32, 34-35, 5:3-8, 5:30-6:16 6 Frg
(4 pgs) 		National Library of France Supplement Grec 1120 Paris France BnF,[12] CSNTM, INTF
𝔓5 200-300 John 1:23-31, 33-40 16:14-22, 16:22-30, John 20:19-20, 22-25 2 Frg British Library P. Oxy. 208, 1781; Papyrus 782, Papyrus 2484 London UK BL,[13][14] CSNTM, INTF
𝔓6 300-400 John 10:1-2, 11:1-8, 45-52 15 Frg
(4 pgs) 		National and University Library Pap. copt. 379. 381. 382. 384 Strasbourg France CSNTM, INTF
𝔓7 300-500 Luke 4:1-3 1 Frg Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine F. 301 (KDA), 553p Kyiv Ukraine INTF
CSNTM
𝔓8 300-400 Acts 4:31-37, 5:2-9, 6:1-6, 8-15 2 Berlin State Museums P. 8683 Berlin Germany BerlPap,[15] CSNTM, INTF
𝔓9 200-300 1 John 4:11-12, 14-17 1 Frg Houghton Library, Harvard P. Oxy. 402; MS Gr SM3736 Cambridge
Massachusetts 		United States HL,[16] CSNTM, INTF
𝔓10 300-400 Romans 1:1-7 1 Frg Houghton Library, Harvard P. Oxy. 209; MS Gr SM2218 Cambridge
Massachusetts 		United States HL,[17] CSNTM, INTF
𝔓11=[𝔓14] 500-600 1 Corinthians 1:17-22, 2:9-12, 14, 3:1-3, 5-6, 4:3-5:5, 7-8, 6:5-9, 11-18, -7:3-6, 10-14 17 Frg National Library Gr. 258A Saint Petersburg Russia CSNTM, INTF
1 Corinthians 1:25-27, 2:6-8 3:8-10, 20 4 Frg Saint Catherine's Monastery Harris 14 Sinai Egypt CSNTM (transcription)
𝔓12 275-300 Hebrews 1:1 1 Frg Morgan Library Pap. Gr. 3; P. Amherst 3b New York City United States CSNTM
INTF
𝔓13 200-400 Hebrews 2:14-5:5, 10:8-22, 10:29-11:14, 11:28-12:17 1 Frg (scroll) British Library P. Oxy. 657; Inv. Nr. 1532v London UK CSNTM
INTF
1 Frg (scroll) Egyptian Museum PSI 1292 Cairo Egypt CSNTM
INTF
[𝔓14]=𝔓11
𝔓15 200-300 1 Corinthians 7:18-32, 7:33-8:4 1 Frg Egyptian Museum P. Oxy. 1008; JE 47423 Cairo Egypt CSNTM
INTF
𝔓16 200-400 Philippians 3:10-17, 4:2-8 1 Frg Egyptian Museum P. Oxy. 1009; JE 47424 Cairo Egypt CSNTM
INTF
𝔓17 300-400 Hebrews 9:2-14, 9:15-19 1 Frg Cambridge University Library P. Oxy. 1078; Add. Mss. 5893 Cambridge UK CSNTM, INTF
𝔓18 200-400 Revelation 1:4-7 1 Frg British Library P. Oxy. 1079; Papyrus 2053 London UK BL,[18] CSNTM, INTF
𝔓19 300-500 Matthew 10:32-40, 10:41-11:5 1 Frg Bodleian Library P. Oxy. 1170; Gr. bibl. d. 6 (P) Oxford UK CSNTM, INTF
DB[19]
𝔓20 200-300 James 2:19-3:2, 3:3-9 1 Frg Princeton University Library P. Oxy. 1171; AM 4117 Princeton
New Jersey 		United States PUL,[20] CSNTM, INTF
𝔓21 300-500 Matthew 12:24-26, 12:32-33 1 Frg Muhlenberg College P. Oxy. 1227; Pap. 3 Allentown
Pennsylvania 		United States MC,[21] CSNTM, INTF
𝔓22 200-300 John 15:25-16:3, 16:21-32 2 Frg Glasgow University Library P. Oxy. 1228; MS 2-X.I Glasgow UK UOG,[22] CSNTM
CSNTM
INTF
𝔓23 200-225 James 1:10-12, 1:15-18 1 Frg University of Illinois P. Oxy. 1229; G. P. 1229 Urbana, Illinois United States UOI,[23] CSNTM
INTF
𝔓24 300-400 Revelation 5:5-8, -6:5-8 1 Frg Franklin Trask Library
Andover Newton Theological School 		P. Oxy. 1230; OP 1230 Newton Centre
Massachusetts 		United States CSNTM
INTF
𝔓25 375-400 Matthew 18:32-34, 19:1-3, 5-7, 9-10 1 Frg Berlin State Museums Inv. 16388 Berlin Germany BerlPap,[24] CSNTM, INTF
𝔓26 600-625 Romans 1:1-9, 1:9-16 1 Frg (Joseph S) Bridwell Library
Southern Methodist University 		P. Oxy. 1354 Dallas, Texas United States CSNTM, INTF
CSNTM
𝔓27 200-300 Romans 8:12-22, 24-27, 8:33--9:3, 5-9 2 Frg Cambridge University Library P. Oxy. 1355; Add. 7211 Cambridge UK CSNTM
INTF
𝔓28 200-300 John 6:8-12, 6:17-22 1 Frg Palestine Institute Museum
Pacific School of Religion 		P. Oxy. 1596; Pap. 2 Berkeley
California 		United States CSNTM
INTF
𝔓29 200-300 Acts 26:7-8, 26:20 1 Frg Bodleian Library P. Oxy. 1597; Gr. bibl. g. 4 (P) Oxford UK CSNTM
INTF
𝔓30 200-300 1 Thessalonians 4:12-13, 16-17, 5:3, 8-10, 12-18; 2 Thessalonians 1:1-2 5 Frg Ghent University Library P. Oxy. 1598; Inv. 61 Ghent Belgium GUL,[25] CSNTM
INTF
𝔓31 600-700 Romans 12:3-8 1 Frg John Rylands University Library P. Ryl. 4; Gr. P. 4 Manchester UK CSNTM
INTF
𝔓32 200-225 Titus 1:11-15, 2:3-8 1 Frg John Rylands University Library P. Ryl. 5; G. P. 5 Manchester UK CSNTM, INTF
𝔓33=[𝔓58] 500-600 Acts 7:6-10, 7:13-18, 15:21-24, 15:26-32 4 Frg Austrian National Library G 17973 Pap, G 26133 Pap, G 35831 Pap, G 39783 Pap Vienna Austria ANL[26]
CSNTM, INTF
𝔓34 600-700 1 Corinthians 16:4-7, 10; 2 Corinthians 5:18-21, 10:13-14, -11:2, 4, 6-7 1 Frg Austrian National Library G 39784 Pap Vienna Austria ANL,[27] CSNTM, INTF
𝔓35 400-600 Matthew 25:12-15, 25:20-23 1 Frg Laurentian Library PSI I 1 Florence Italy BML,[28] CSNTM, INTF
𝔓36 500-600 John 3:14-17, 3:17-18, 3:31-32, 3:34-35 2 Frg Laurentian Library PSI I 3 Florence Italy BML,[29] CSNTM, INTF
𝔓37 200-400 Matthew 26:19-37, 26:37-52 1 Frg University of Michigan P. Mich. 137; Inv. Nr. 1570 Ann Arbor
Michigan 		United States CSNTM, INTF
𝔓38 300-325 Acts 18:27-19:6, 19:12-16 3 Frg University of Michigan P. Mich. 138; Inv. 1571 Ann Arbor
Michigan 		United States CSNTM, INTF
𝔓39 200-300 John 8:14-18, 8:18-21 1 Frg Museum of the Bible P. Oxy. 1780; MOTB.PAP.000116 Washington, DC United States CSNTM, INTF, MOTB[30]
𝔓40 200-300 Romans 1:24-27, 31-2:3, 3:21-4:8, 6:4-5, 16, 9:16-17, 27 5 Frg Institute for Papyrology
University of Heidelberg 		P. Heid. Inv. G. 645 Heidelberg Germany UOH,[31] CSNTM, INTF
𝔓41 700-800 Acts 17:28-31, 17:34-18:2 1 Frg Austrian National Library K 7541 Vienna Austria ANL[32]
CSNTM, INTF
Acts 18:17-18, 22-23 3 Frg Austrian National Library K 7384, K 7396, K 7914 Vienna Austria ANL,[33] INTF
Acts 18:24-25, 27 1 Frg Austrian National Library K 7542 Vienna Austria ANL[34]
CSNTM, INTF
Acts 19:1-4, 6-8 1 Frg Austrian National Library K 7543 Vienna Austria ANL[35]
INTF
Acts 19:13-16, 18-19 1 Frg Austrian National Library K 7544 Vienna Austria ANL[36]
INTF
Acts 20:9, 10-13, 15-16 1 Frg Austrian National Library K 7545 Vienna Austria ANL[37]
CSNTM, INTF
Acts 20:22-24, 26-28 1 Frg Austrian National Library K 7546 Vienna Austria ANL[38]
CSNTM, INTF
Acts 20:28-30 1 Frg Austrian National Library K 7426 Vienna Austria ANL[39]
INTF
Acts 20:30-31 1 Frg Austrian National Library K 7731 Vienna Austria ANL[40]
INTF
Acts 20:32-35 1 Frg Austrian National Library K 7377 Vienna Austria ANL[41]
INTF
Acts 20:35-38, 21:1-3 1 Frg Austrian National Library K 7547 Vienna Austria ANL[42]
CSNTM, INTF
Acts 21:26-27 1 Frg Austrian National Library K 7912 Vienna Austria INTF
Acts 22:11-14, 16-17 1 Frg Austrian National Library K 7548 Vienna Austria ANL[43]
CSNTM, INTF
𝔓42 600-800 Luke 1:54-55, 2:29-32 1 Frg Austrian National Library K 8706 Vienna Austria ANL,[44] CSNTM, INTF
𝔓43 500-700 Revelation 2:12-13, 15:8-16:2 1 Frg British Library Inv. 2241 London UK CSNTM
INTF
𝔓44 500-700 Matthew 17:1-3, 6-7, 18:15-17, 19, 25:8-10; John 10:8-14 6 Frg Metropolitan Museum of Art 14.1.527 New York City United States CSNTM, MMA[45]
INTF
𝔓45 200-300 Matthew 20:24-32, 21:13-19
Mark 4:36-40, 5:15-26, 5:38-6:3, 16-25, 36-50, 7:3-15, 7:25-8:1, 10-26, 8:34-9:9, 18-31, 11:27-12:1, 5-8, 13-19, 24-28
Luke 6:31-41, 6:45-7:7, 9:26-41, 9:45-10:1, 6-22, 10:26-11:1, 6-25, 28-46, 11:50-12:12, 18-37, 12:42-13:1, 6-24; 13:29-14:10, 17-33
John 4:51, 54, 5:21, 24, 10:7-25, 10:30-11:10, 18-36, 42-57
Acts 4:27-36, 5:10-21, 30-39, 6:7-7:2, 10-21, 32-41, 7:52-8:1, 14-25, 8:34-9:6, 16-27, 9:35-10:2, 10-23, 31-41, 11:2-14, 11:24-12:5, 13-22, 13:6-16, 25-36, 13:46-14:3, 15-23, 15:2-7, 19-27, 15:38-16:4, 15-22, 32-40; 17:9-17 		28 Chester Beatty Library BP I Dublin Ireland CSNTM, INTF
Matthew 25:41-26:39 2 Austrian National Library G 31974 Pap Vienna Austria CSNTM, INTF
𝔓46 200-225 Romans 5:17–6:14, 8:15–11:35, 14:9–15:11
Hebrews 8:9–9:10, 9:26–end
1 Corinthians 1:1-2:3, 3:6–end
2 Corinthians 1:1-9:7
Galatians 6:10–end
Philippians
Colossians
1 Thessalonians 1:1–2:3, 5:5, 23–28 		56 Chester Beatty Library BP II Dublin Ireland CSNTM, INTF
Romans 11:35–14:8, 15:11–end
Hebrews 1:1-8:8, 9:10–26
1 Corinthians 2:3–3:5
2 Corinthians 9:7–end
Ephesians
Galatians 1:1–6:10 		30 University of Michigan Inv. 6238 Ann Arbor, Michigan United States CSNTM, INTF
𝔓47 200-300 Revelation 9:10-11:3, 11:5-16:15, 16:17-17:2 10 Frg Chester Beatty Library BP III Dublin Ireland CSNTM, INTF
𝔓48 200-300 Acts 23:11-17, 23:25-29 1 Frg Laurentian Library PSI X 1165 Florence Italy BML,[46] CSNTM, INTF
𝔓49 275-300 Ephesians 4:16-29, 4:32-5:13 2 Frg Yale University Library P. 415 New Haven
Connecticut 		United States YUL,[47] CSNTM, INTF
𝔓50 300-500 Acts 8:26-30, 8:30-32, 10:26-27, 10:27-30, 10:30-31 1 Frg Yale University Library P. 1543 New Haven
Connecticut 		United States CSNTM, INTF