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Papyrus 38

Papyrus 38
New Testament manuscript
P038-Act-18.27-19.6-III-IV.jpg
Text Acts 18-19 †
Date ca. 220
Script Greek
Found Egypt
Now at University of Michigan
Cite H. A. Sanders."A Papyrus Fragment of Acts in the Michigan Collection". , HTR, vol. 20. 1927, pp. 1-19.
Size 14 x 27
Type Western text-type
Category IV

Papyrus 38 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), designated by 38, is an early copy of part of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Acts of the Apostles, it contains only Acts 18:27-19:6.12-16. The manuscript paleographically has been assigned to the early 3rd century.

Although the text is quite short, the Greek text of this codex has been called a representative of the Western text-type. Aland named it as Free text and placed in Category IV. The text of this manuscript is related to Codex Bezae.

The manuscript was purchased in Cairo in 1924.

It is currently housed at the University of Michigan (Inv. 1571) in Ann Arbor.


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