Family Π is a group of New Testament manuscripts. Belonging to the Byzantine text-type, it is one of the textual families of this group. The name of the family, "Π" (pronounced in English as "pie"), is drawn from the symbol used for the Codex Petropolitanus. One of the most distinct of the Byzantine sub-groups, it is very old and the third largest. The oldest Byzantine manuscripts belong to this family.
Hermann von Soden designated this group by the symbol "Ka". According to him, its text is not purely Byzantine.
Codices and manuscripts
Soden included the following in this group of codices: Cyprius (K), Petropolitanus (Π), 72, 114, 116, 178, 265, 389, 1008, 1009, 1079, 1154, 1200, 1219, 1346, and 1398. Lake added to this group of manuscripts: 489, 537, 652, 775, 796, 904, 1478, 1500, 1546, 1561, 1781, 1816. Soden also associated Codex Alexandrinus with this group. Wisse lists about 150 witnesses of the family, but the majority of them belong to this family only in some parts of their text. The Peshitta, in the Gospels, represents this family.
Some manuscripts are related to the family: Minuscule 706. In the Pericope Adultera, Tommy Wasserman found Family Π to include 581, 1272, 1306, 1571, 1627, 1690, 1699, and 2463.
Some manuscripts represent this family in some parts: 2278.
According to the Claremont Profile Method group Π has following profile in Luke 1, 10, and 20:
Luke 1:2 (1 reading) — παρεδοσαν ] παρεδοκανLuke 1:8 (4) — εναντι ] εναντιονLuke 1:17 (12) — ετοιμασαι ] + τωLuke 1:22 (14) — εδυνατο ] ηδυνατοLuke 1:39 (30) — αναστασα δε ] και αναστασαLuke 1:44 (34) — εν αγαλλιασει το βρεφος ] το βρεφος εν αγαλλιασειLuke 1:61 (41) — εκ της συγγενειας ] εν τη συγγενειαLuke 10:1 (1 reading) — δυο δυο ] δυοLuke 10:2 (8) — οπως ] + ανLuke 10:6 (15) — εαν ] + μενLuke 10:11 (22) — εις τους ποδας ] omitLuke 10:12 (23) — λεγω ] + δεLuke 10:16 (30) — ακουων υμων ] υμων ακουωνLuke 10:17 (32) — οι εβδομηκοντα μετα χαρας ] μετα χαρας οι εβδομηκονταLuke 10:22 (33) — παντα ] και στραφεις προς τους μαθητας ειπε πανταLuke 10:22 (38) — παρεδοθε ] παρα δεδοταιLuke 10:32 (47) — ελθων ] omitLuke 10:32 (48) — ιδων ] + αυτονLuke 10:35 (53) — τι ] + δ'Luke 10:36 (57) — πλησιον δοκει σοι ] δοκει σοι πλησιονLuke 10:41 (63) — ειπεν αυτη ο κυριος (or Ιησους) ] ο κυριος ειπεν αυτηLuke 20:1 (2 reading) — εν τω ιερω ] omitLuke 20:1 (4) — αρχιερεις ] ιερειςLuke 20:3 (8) — υμας καγω ] καγω υμαςLuke 20:3 (9) — ενα λογον (=TR) ] λογον εναLuke 20:9 (19) — τις ] omitLuke 20:10 (23) — εξαπεστειλαν ] απεστειλανLuke 20:12 (24) — και τουτον ] κακεινονLuke 20:14 (26) — διελογιζοντο ] διελογισαντοLuke 20:14 (28) — κληρονομος ] + δευτεLuke 20:19 (33) — υστερον ] + παντωνLuke 20:19 (34) — τας χειρας ] την χειραLuke 20:28 (50) — Μωυσης ] ΜωσηςLuke 20:34 (61) — γαμισκονται ] εκγαμιζονται (ΤR reads: εκγαμισκονται)Luke 20:35 (62) — γαμιζονται ] εκγαμιζονται (ΤR reads: εκγαμισκονται)Luke 20:36 (64) — εισι(ν) ] omitLuke 20:37 (65) — Μωυσης ] ΜωσηςLuke 20:41 (70) — λεγουσι(ν) ] + τινεςLuke 20:44 (74) — κυριον αυτον ] αυτον κυριονLuke 20:44 (75) — αυτου υιος ] υιος αυτου.
