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Name
  
P. Oxy 2383

Script
  
Greek

Date
  
3rd century

Found
  
Oxyrhynchus, Egypt

Papyrus 69

Sign
  
P {displaystyle {mathfrak {P}}}

Text
  
Luke 22:41,45-48r+22:58-61v

Papyrus 69 (designated by P 69 in the Gregory-Aland numbering) is a small fragment from the Gospel of Luke dating to the 3rd century.

Contents

Description

This fragment omits the entire detailed content of Jesus’ prayer in Luke 22:42–45a. At Luke 22:61 Peter (not Jesus) is looking. Claire Clivaz has suggested that P 69 (P. Oxy 2383) should be regarded 'as a witness to a Marcionite edition of Luke's Gospel'. Peter M. Head feels that 'the suggestion that P 69 is a manuscript of Marcion’s Gospel is a very clever idea which is however not proven and not the most plausible context for making sense of this fascinating manuscript'.

The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the Western text-type. According to Aland text is very free, "characteristic of precursors of the D-text", therefore Aland placed it in Category IV.

Text

[recto]

[εις πειρασ]μ[ον] [41] κ̣[αι αυτος απεσ] [πασθη απ αυτων ωσ]ε̣ι λιθου β̣ο̣λ̣[ην] [και θεις τα γονατα προσ]η̣υ̣χ̣ε̣τ̣ο̣ [45] [ελθων προς τους μ̣αθ]ητ[ας ευ] [ρεν αυτους καθευ]δοντας κοι [μωμενους αυτους απο τη]ς̣ λυπης [46] [κ]α̣ι̣ [ειπεν αυτοις] τ̣ι κ̣α̣θευδ̣ε [τε ανασταντες πρ]ο̣σ̣ευχεσ̣θ̣ε [ινα μη εισελθητε εις πει]ρ̣ασμ̣ο̣ν̣ [47] [ετι δε αυτου λαλουντος ι]δου̣ [οχλος και ο λεγομενος ιου]δ̣ας [εις των ι̅β̅ προηρχετο α]υ̣[τ]ους [και εγγισας εφιλησε]ν̣ τ̣ον ι̣̅η̅ν̅ [48] [ι̅η̅ς̅ δε ειπεν αυτω ιουδα φι]λ̣η̣[ματι

[verso]

[58] – [ιδων] α̣υ̣[τ]ω̣ ε̣[φη και συ εξ αυτων ει] ο̣ δ̣ε ειπεν [α̅ν̅ε̅ ουκ ειμι [59] και δι] α̣σ̣τασης ωσ̣[ει ωρας α̅ αλλος τις ισχυ] ριζ̣ετο λεγω[ν επ αληθειας και] ου̣τ̣ο̣ς ην μ[ετ αυτου και γαρ γα] λ̣[ι]λ̣α̣ιος εστ̣[ιν] [60] [ειπεν δε ο πετρος] α̣ν̣̅ε ουκ οι[δα ο λεγεις και ετι] αυτου λαλου̣[ντος παραχρημα] ε̣φωνησεν̣ [αλεκτωρ] [61] [και στρα] φεις ο πε̣τ̣ρ̣[ος ενεβλεψεν αυ] τω τοτε [υπεμνησθη ο πετρος] τ̣ου ρημ[ατος του κ̅υ̅ ως ειπεν] αυ̣τω π[ριν αλεκτορα φωνησαι ση] μ̣[ερον απαρνηση με τρις] [62] [και]

Images

  • P69/P.Oxy.L 2383
  • Images of P69 at the Center for the Study of New Testament Manuscripts
  • References

    Papyrus 69 Wikipedia