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Papyrus 48

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Date
  
3rd century

Found
  
Egypt

Script
  
Greek

Now at
  
Laurentian Library

Papyrus 48

Text
  
Acts of the Apostles 23 †

Cite
  
G. Vitelli and S. G. Mercati, PGLSI X, (1932), pp. 112-118.

Papyrus 48 (Gregory-Aland), signed by P 48, is an early copy of a part of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Acts of the Apostles, it contains portions of Acts 23:11-29. The manuscript paleographically has been assigned to the 3rd century.

Although the text of this codex is extremely small, the Greek text of this codex has been called a representative of the Western text-type. Aland placed it in Category IV.

It is currently housed at the Laurentian Library (PSI 1165) in Florence.

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  • Image P 48 verso
  • Image P 48 reverso

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