Papyrus𝔓⁵³

New Testament manuscript
Matthew fragment recto, Matt 26, 36-40
Text	Matthew 26 †;Acts 9-10 †
Date	3rd century
Script	Greek
Found	Egypt
Now at	University of Michigan
Cite	H. A. Sanders,A Third Century Papyrus of Matthew and Acts XVIII (London: 1937), pp. 151-161.
Type	Alexandrian text-type
Category	I

Papyrus 53 (in theGregory-Aland numbering), signed by𝔓⁵³, is an early copy of theNew Testament inKoine Greek. It is apapyrusmanuscript containing parts of theGospel of Matthew and theActs of the Apostles: it contains only Matthew 26:29-40 and Acts 9:33-10:1. The manuscriptpalaeographically had been assigned to the 3rd century. These two fragments were found together, they were part of a codex containing the four Gospels and Acts or Matthew and Acts.^[1]

The Greek text of this codex is a representative of theAlexandrian text-type (proto-Alexandrian).Aland ascribed it as "at least Normal text", and placed it inCategory I.^[2]

It is currently housed at theUniversity of Michigan (Inv. 6652) inAnn Arbor.^[2][3]

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  Matthew fragment verso, Matt 26:29-35
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  Acts fragment recto, Acts 9:40-10:1
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  Acts fragment verso, Acts 9:34-38

• List of New Testament papyri

• Henry A. Sanders,A Third Century Papyrus of Matthew and Acts, in:Quantulacumque: Studies Presented to Kirsopp Lake (London: 1937), pp. 151–161.
• Comfort, Philip W.; David P. Barrett (2001).The Text of the Earliest New Testament Greek Manuscripts. Wheaton, Illinois: Tyndale House Publishers. pp. 369–373.ISBN 978-0-8423-5265-9.

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