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Papyrus 56

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Text
  
Acts 1 †

Script
  
Date
  
5th / 6th century

Found
  
Egypt

Name
  
Papyrus Vindobonensis Graecus 19918

Now at
  
Österreichische Nationalbibliothek

Papyrus 56 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), signed by P 56, is an early copy of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Acts of the Apostles, it contains only Acts 1:1.4-5.7.10-11.

The manuscript palaeographically has been assigned to the 5th century (or 6th century).

The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type. Aland placed it in Category II.

It is currently housed at the Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (Pap. Vindob. G. 19918) in Vienna.

References

Papyrus 56 Wikipedia


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