| New Testament manuscript | |
_recto_Acts_8%2c_30-32%3b_10%2c_26-30.jpg) Recto Acts 8:30-32, 10:26-30 | |
| Text | Acts of the Apostles8; 10 † |
|---|---|
| Date | c. 200-400 (if real) |
| Script | Greek |
| Found | Egypt |
| Now at | Yale University Library |
| Cite | C. H. Kraeling,Two Selections from Acts, pp. 163-172. |
| Size | 13.8 x 17.7 cm |
| Type | mixed |
| Category | III |
| Note | This Manuscript is thought to be a Fake. |
Papyrus 50 (Gregory-Aland), designated by𝔓50, is an early copy of a small part of theNew Testament inGreek. It is apapyrusmanuscript of theActs of the Apostles, it contains Acts 8:26-32; 10:26-31. The manuscriptpalaeographically has been assigned to the 3rd/4th century.[1] Elijah Hixson suggests that the manuscript may possibly be a forgery based on anomalies in line spacing, some text seeming to wrap around lacunae, and serious issues with fiber alignment in the papyrus.[2]
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The Greek text of this codex is mixed. It has some orthographical peculiarities and corrections.Aland placed it inCategory III.[1] The text generally concurs withCodex Sinaiticus andVaticanus.[3]
Thenomina sacra are contracted (ΙΛΗΜ,ΠΝΑ,ΑΝΟΣ,ΑΝΟΝ,ΘΣ,ΘΥ,ΚΥ).[4]
The manuscript was purchased in Paris byYale University in 1933 along with other manuscripts of Egyptian provenance.[5] The text of the codex was published in 1937 byCarl H. Kraeling.[6]
It is currently housed at theBeinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale University (P.CtYBR inv. 1543) inNew Haven.[1][7][8]
