Papyrus 128

Papyrus 128

New Testament manuscript
Fragments containing John 9:3-4
Sign	𝔓128
Text	John 9:3–4, 12:16–18
Date	6th–7th century
Script	Greek
Found	Monastery of Saint Epiphanius, Egypt
Now at	Metropolitan Museum of Art
Type	?
Category	none

Papyrus 128 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), designated by 𝔓¹²⁸, is a copy of a small part of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Gospel of John, containing verses 9:3-4; 12:16-18. The manuscript paleographically has been assigned to the 6th or 7th century.

It was formerly listed as a part of Papyrus 44. Both are currently housed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (Inv. 14. 1. 527) in New York.

Text

John 9:3–4

οおみくろんυうぷしろんτたうεいぷしろん οおみくろんιいおた γがんま[ονεις αあるふぁυうぷしろんτたうοおみくろんυうぷしろん αあるふぁλらむだλらむだ ιいおたνにゅーαあるふぁ φふぁいαあるふぁνにゅーεいぷしろんρろーωおめが]

θしーたηいーた τたうαあるふぁ εいぷしろんρろーγがんま[αあるふぁ τたうοおみくろんυうぷしろん θしーたυうぷしろん εいぷしろんνにゅー αあるふぁυうぷしろんτたうωおめが εいぷしろんμみゅーεいぷしろん δでるたεいぷしろんιいおた εいぷしろんρろーγがんまαあるふぁ]
ζεσθαι τたう[αあるふぁ εいぷしろんρろーγがんまαあるふぁ τたうοおみくろん]υうぷしろん πぱい[εμψαντος μみゅーεいぷしろん εいぷしろん]
ως ηいーたμみゅー[εいぷしろんρろーαあるふぁ εいぷしろんσしぐまτたうιいおたνにゅー εいぷしろん]ρろーχかい[εいぷしろんτたうαあるふぁιいおた νにゅーυうぷしろんξくしー οおみくろんτたうεいぷしろん ουδεις]

δでるたυうぷしろんνにゅーαあるふぁτたう [...]

John 12:12–13

[...]εいぷしろんρろー[χεται οおみくろん ις εις ιεροσολυμα εいぷしろんλらむだαあるふぁβべーたοおみくろんνにゅー τたうαあるふぁ
βべーた]αϊα [...]

John 12:16–18

εいぷしろん[νにゅー]αあるふぁ κかっぱαあるふぁιいおた [τたうαあるふぁυうぷしろん]

[τたうαあるふぁ εποιησαν αあるふぁυうぷしろんτたうωおめが εμαρτυρει] οおみくろんυうぷしろんνにゅー οおみくろん οおみくろんχかいλらむだοおみくろん[ς
οおみくろん ωおめがνにゅー μみゅーεいぷしろんτたう αあるふぁυうぷしろんτたうοおみくろんυうぷしろん] οおみくろんτたうεいぷしろん [τたうοおみくろんνにゅー λらむだαあるふぁζぜーたαあるふぁρろーοおみくろん]νにゅー εいぷしろんφふぁいωおめがνにゅー[ηいーた]
[σしぐまεいぷしろんνにゅー εいぷしろんκかっぱ τたうοおみくろんυうぷしろん μみゅーνにゅーηいーたμみゅー]εいぷしろんιいおたοおみくろん[υうぷしろん κかっぱαあるふぁιいおた ηいーたγがんまεいぷしろんιいおたρろー]εいぷしろんνにゅー αあるふぁυうぷしろんτたうοおみくろんνにゅー

[εいぷしろんκかっぱ νεκρων δでるたιいおたαあるふぁ τたうοおみくろんυうぷしろんτたうοおみくろん κかっぱαあるふぁιいおた υうぷしろんπぱいηいーたνにゅーτたう]ηいーたσしぐまεいぷしろんνにゅー αあるふぁ [– – –]

See also

• List of New Testament papyri

Further reading

• W. E. Crum, H. G. Evelyn-White, The Monastery of Epiphanius at Thebes, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Egyptian Expedition Publications IV, (New York, 1926), pp. 120–121. (transcription and collation).
• Ellwood M. Schofield, The Papyrus Fragments of the Greek New Testament, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, 1936, pp. 296–301.

External links

• Papyrus 128 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession number 14.1.527
• A Transcription of John in P128 by the International Greek New Testament Project
• Media related to Papyrus 128 at Wikimedia Commons