Papyrus 69

Papyrus 69

New Testament manuscript papyri uncials minuscules lectionaries
Name	P. Oxy 2383
Sign	${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {P}}}$69
Text	Luke 22:41,45-48r+22:58-61v
Date	3rd century
Script	Greek
Found	Oxyrhynchus, Egypt
Now at	Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford
Size	8.5 x 5 cm
Type	Western text-type
Category	IV

Papyrus 69 (designated by ${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {P}}}$⁶⁹ in the Gregory-Aland numbering) is a small fragment from the Gospel of Luke dating to the 3rd century.^[1]

Description[]

This fragment omits the entire detailed content of Jesus’ prayer in Luke 22:42–45a.^[2] At Luke 22:61 Peter (not Jesus) is looking. Claire Clivaz has suggested that ${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {P}}}$⁶⁹ (P. Oxy 2383) should be regarded 'as a witness to a Marcionite edition of Luke's Gospel'.^[3] Peter M. Head feels that 'the suggestion that ${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {P}}}$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'.^[4]

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.^[5]

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]

See also[]

• List of New Testament papyri
• Luke 22
• Christ's agony at Gethsemane

References[]

Further reading[]

• Kurt Aland, Alter und Entstehung des D-Textes im Neuen Testament. Betrachtung zu P69 und 0171, Miscellànea papirològica Ramo Roca-Puig, S. Janeras, Barcelona, 1987, pp. 37–61.
• Clivaz, C., (2005) The Angel and the Sweat Like "Drops of Blood" (Lk 22:43-44): P69 and f13, HTR 98, doi:10.1017/S0017816005001045
• Ehrman & Plunkett (1983), The Angel and the Agony: The Textual Problem of Luke 22:43 44, Catholic Biblical Quarterly 45, pp. 401–16.
• Head (1993), Peter M., Christology and Textual Transmission: Reverential Alterations in the Synoptic Gospels, Novum Testamentum, Vol. 35, Fasc. 2 (Apr., 1993), esp. pp. 123–126.
• Lobel E., C. H. Roberts, E. G. Turner, J. W. B. Barns, Oxyrhynchus Papyri XXIV, London 1957, pp. 1–4.
• Wayment (2008), Thomas A., A new transcription of POxy 2383 (P69), NovT 50, pp. 351–57.
• Comfort, Philip W.; David P. Barrett (2001). The Text of the Earliest New Testament Greek Manuscripts. Wheaton, Illinois: Tyndale House Publishers. pp. 469–472. ISBN 978-0-8423-5265-9.

Images[]

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

External links[]

• POxy – Oxyrhynchus Papyri online database
• PM Head's initial review of Clivaz and PM Head's further discussion
• "Liste Handschriften". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 26 August 2011.