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The Greek text of this codex is mixed. It has some orthographical peculiarities and corrections. [[Kurt Aland|Aland]] placed it in [[Categories of New Testament manuscripts#Category III|Category III]].<ref name = Aland>{{Cite book
The Greek text of this codex is mixed. It has some orthographical peculiarities and corrections. [[Kurt Aland|Aland]] placed it in [[Categories of New Testament manuscripts#Category III|Category III]].<ref name = Aland>{{Cite book
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| title = The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism
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Papyrus 50
New Testament manuscript
TextActs of the Apostles 8; 10 †
Date3rd/4th century
ScriptGreek
FoundEgypt
Now atYale University Library
CiteC. H. Kraeling, Two Selections from Acts, pp. 163-172.
Size13.8 x 17.7 cm
Typemixed
CategoryIII

Papyrus 50 (Gregory-Aland), designated by 50, is an early copy of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Acts of the Apostles, it contains Acts 8:26-32; 10:26-31. The manuscript palaeographically has been assigned to the 3rd/4th century.[1]

Description

The Greek text of this codex is mixed. It has some orthographical peculiarities and corrections. Aland placed it in Category III.[1] The text generally concurs with Codex Sinaiticus and Vaticanus.[2]

The nomina sacra are contracted.

Papyrus 50; Acts 10:26-31

It is currently housed at the Yale University Library (P. Yale 1543) in New Haven.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Aland, Kurt (1995). The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. p. 99. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ Philip W. Comfort, Encountering the Manuscripts. An Introduction to New Testament Paleography & Textual Criticism, Nashville, Tennessee: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 2005, p. 69.

Further reading

  • Carl H. Kraeling, Two Selections from Acts, in Lake F/S, pp. 163-172.
  • Philip W. Comfort, The Text of the Earliest New Testament Greek Manuscripts, Tyndale House Publishers, 2001, p. 362-364.