Papyrus 𝔓⁶³

New Testament manuscript
Text	Gospel of John 3; 4 †
Date	ca. 500
Script	Greek
Found	Egypt
Now at	Berlin State Museums
Cite	O. Stegmüller,Zu den Bibelorakeln im Codex Bezae, Biblica 34 (1953), pp. 13-22.
Size	18.5 x 15 cm
Type	Alexandrian text-type
Category	II

Papyrus 63 (in theGregory-Aland numbering), designated by 𝔓⁶³, is a copy of theNew Testament inGreek. It is apapyrusmanuscript of theGospel of John. The surviving text of John are verses 3:14-18; 4:9-10. The manuscriptpaleographically had been assigned to the 4th century (or 5th century).^[1]

The Greek text of this codex is a representative of theAlexandrian text-type, but with some theByzantine readings.Aland placed it inCategory II.^[1]

¹⁴καθω̣ς̣ μ̣ωυσης υψωσεν τον οφιν ε̣ν̣ τη ερη̣μω ουτως υψωθηναι δει τον υιον του ανθ̣ρ̣ω̣πο̣υ̣¹⁵ ι̣ν̣[α] π̣α̣ς̣ ο̣ π̣[ιστευ]ω̣ν̣ ε̣ι̣ς̣ α̣υτον μ̣η απολη̣[τα]ι̣ α̣λ̣λ̣ εχ̣η̣ ζωην αιωνιον

¹⁶ουτως γαρ ηγ̣απ̣η̣σεν ο θεο̣ς τον κοσμον ωσ̣τ̣[ε] τ̣ο̣ν υιο̣ν αυτου τον̣ μ̣ο̣ν̣[ο]γ̣ε̣ν̣η̣ εδωκεν εις τον̣ [κοσμ]ον ι̣να̣ ο̣ π̣ιστευων εις [αυ]τ̣ο̣ν̣ μ̣η αποληται α̣λ̣λ εχ̣η̣ ζω̣[ην] α̣ιωνιον¹⁷ ο̣υ̣ γ̣α̣ρ̣ [α]π̣[εσ]τ̣[ειλε]ν̣ ο̣ θ̣εος τ̣ον υιον̣ αυτ̣ου εις το̣[ν] [κ]ο̣σμ[ον] αλλ ινα σ̣ωθ̣η̣ [ο] κοσ̣μ̣ο̣ς̣ δ̣ι αυτου¹⁸ ο πιστ̣ε̣υ̣ων εις αυ̣τον ου̣ κρινετ̣α̣ι̣ ο δ̣ε μη πιστευων ηδ̣η και κ̣ρ̣[ι]νεται̣ οτι μη πε̣πιστ̣[ε]υ̣κεν ε̣ις το ονομα το̣υ̣ μονογενου̣ς̣ υιου του θυ̅

InJohn 3:16 it has the textual variantυιον αυτου supported by the manuscript's second corrector ofSinaiticus (א²),A,L, Θ, Ψ,063,083,086,0113,f¹,f¹³, Byz,Didache.

The codex is currently housed at theStaatliche Museen zu Berlin (Inv. 11914) inBerlin.^[1][2]

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• John 3,John 4
• List of New Testament papyri

• Otto Stegmüller,Zu den Bibelorakeln im Codex Bezae, Biblica 34 (1953), pp. 13–22.

• Digital image of P63 atCSNTM

• New Testament papyri
• 4th-century biblical manuscripts
• Gospel of John papyri

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