Papyrus 3, designated by (in the numbering Gregory-Aland), is a small fragment of fifteen verses from the Gospel of Luke dating to the 6th/7th century. It is formed part of a lectionary. It is dated palaeographically to the 6th or 7th century.

The Greek text-type of this codex is a mixed. Aland placed it in Category III.

Text Luke 7:36

ΑΓΓ . . ΙΟ ΤΟΝ Κ ̣̅ ΗΣου ΤΟΝ̣Τ̣Ω̣ΝΦΣΡΙΣ̣ Ε̣Λ̣ΘΩΝΕ̣ΙΣΤ̣ ΙΕΙΔΟΥΓΥΝΗΗΤΙΣΗ ΓΝΟΥΣΑΟΤΙ̣ΚΑΤΑΚ ΣΑΑΛΑΒΑΣΤΡΟΝΜΥΡ̣ Ο̣ΔΑΣΑΥΤΟΥΚΛΑΣΙΟΥΣ̣ ΥΣΠΟΔΑΣΑΥΤΟΥ ΚΑΙ ΕΞΕΜΑΞΕΝΚΑΙΚΑΤΕ ΗΛΙΦΕΝ ΤΩΜΥΡΩ ΑΣΑΥΤΟΝΕΙΠΕΝΕ . . . . ΤΩ ΗΣΕΓΙΓΝΩΣΚΕΝΑΝΤ̣ΙΣΚΑΙΠΟΤΑΠ ΤΑΙΑΥΤΟΥΟΤΙΑ.ΑΡΤΩΛΟ̣ΣΕΣΤΙΝ ΕΙΠΕΝ Ο ΙΣΠΡΟΣ̣Α.Τ̣Ο̣Ν̣ΣΙΜΩΝ ΔΕΔΕΔΑ . . . ΛΕΕΙ̣ΠΕΝΦΗΣΙΝΔΥΟ ΤΙΝΙΟΕΙΣΩ Η̣ΚΟΝ̣ΤΑΜΗ̣ ΤΟΤΙΣΟΥ ΔΕΣΙΜΩ̣ Π̣ΕΝΑΥΤΩ̣ Ω̣Σ̣Ι̣ΜΩ

Luke 10:38

ΝΤΟΥΑΓΙΟυΛΟυΚΑ . . . . . . ΚΩΜΗ̣ ΡΕΥΕΣΘΑΙΑΥΤΟΥ ΘΕΝΕΙΣΚΩΜΗΝΤΙΝ

History

The text of the manuscript was published by Karl Wessely in 1882.Karl Wessely, Evangelien-Fragmente auf Papyrus, Wiener Studien 4 (1882), 198-214.

The manuscript is housed at the Austrian National Library (Pap. G. 2323).

See also Luke 7, Luke 10 List of New Testament papyri

References

Further reading

Karl Wessely, Evangelien-Fragmente auf Papyrus, Wiener Studien 4 (1882), 198–214.

External links New Testament Transcripts

Digital image of P3 at CSNTM