Papyrus 95

Papyrus 95

New Testament manuscript papyri uncials minuscules lectionaries
John 5:26-29
Name	P. Laur. PL II/31
Sign	$\mathfrak{P}$95
Text	John 5:26-29,36-38
Date	3rd century
Script	Greek
Now at	Universita Degli Studi di Milano
Cite	J. Lenaerts, Un papyrus de l’Évangile de Jean : PL II/31, Chronique d’ Egypte 60 (1985), pp. 117-120
Size	[12] x [24] cm
Type	Alexandrian text-type
Category	I

Papyrus 95 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), designated by siglum $\mathfrak{P}$⁹⁵, is an early copy of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Gospel of John. The surviving texts of John are verses 5:26-29,36-38. The manuscript palaeographically has been assigned to the early 3rd century.

The writing is in 35 lines per page.

Text

The Greek text of this manuscript is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type, Comfort ascribed it as proto-Alexandrian, though the extant portion is too fragmentary for certainty. It has not yet been placed in any of the Categories of New Testament manuscripts.

Location

The manuscript is currently housed at the Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (PL II/31) at Florence.

Textual Variants

• 5:28: ακουσουσιν (shall hear (future tense)) becomes ακουσαντες (have heard (aorist tense, participle)).
• 5:36: omits second αυτα (these) through possible homoeoteleuton.

See also

• List of New Testament papyri

Images

• Image from Papyrus 95

Further reading

• Jean Lenaerts, Un papyrus de l’Évangile de Jean : PL II/31, Chronique d’ Egypte 60 (Brussels: 1985), pp. 117–120.