Papyrus 50

Papyrus **${\mathfrak {P}}$ ${\mathfrak {P}}$ ⁵⁰**
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Text	Acts of the Apostles 8 ; 10 †
Date	3rd/4th century
Script	Greek
Found	Egypt
Now at	Yale University Library
Cite	C. H. Kraeling, Two Selections from Acts, pp. 163-172.
Size	13.8 x 17.7 cm
Type	mixed
Category	III

Papyrus 50 (Gregory-Aland), designated by ${\mathfrak {P}}$ ${\mathfrak {P}}$ 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.

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

The nomina sacra are contracted (ΙΛΗΜ, ΠΝΑ, ΑΝΟΣ, ΑΝΟΝ, ΘΣ, ΘΥ, ΚΥ).

The manuscript was purchased in Paris by Yale University in 1933 along with other manuscripts of Egyptian provenance. The text of the codex was published in 1937 by Carl H. Kraeling.

It is currently housed at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale University (P.CtYBR inv. 1543) in New Haven.

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