Papyrus 8

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Text Acts 4-6 † Size 18.6 by 10.4 cm Script Greek language		Date 4th century Type Alexandrian text-type Found Egypt

Now at Staatliche Museen zu Berlin Cite A. H. Salonius, Die griechischen Handschriftenfragmente des Neuen Testaments in den Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin, ZNW 26 (1927), 97-119 Similar Papyrus 9, Papyrus 4, Papyrus 75, Papyrus 3, Papyrus 66

Papyrus 8 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), signed by P ⁸ or α 8 (von Soden), is an early copy of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Acts of the Apostles, it contains Acts 4:31-37; 5:2-9; 6:1-6.8-15. The manuscript paleographically has been assigned to the 4th century.

The text is written in two columns per page, 25 lines per page.

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

The text of the codex was published by Salonius in 1927.

It is currently housed at the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (Inv. no. 8683) in Berlin.

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Papyrus 8 Wikipedia

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