Uncial 071 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 015 (Soden), is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament, dated paleographically to the 5th or 6th century. It came from Oxyrhynchus.
Description The codex contains a small part of the Gospel of Matthew 1:21-24; 1:25-2:2, on one parchment leaf (7 cm by 9.5 cm). It is written in one column per page, 13 lines per page.
Currently it is dated by the INTF to the 5th or 6th century.
Text The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type, in close relationship with Codex Sinaiticus, Vaticanus, and Dublinensis. Aland placed it in Category II.
Verso [απο τ]ων [αμ]αρ[τιων αυ των τουτο δε ολον [γεγονεν ινα πληρωθη το ρη[θεν υ πο κυ δια του προφητ[ου λε γοντος ιδου η [θ] παρθενος εν γαστρι εξει και τεξετε υν και καλεσουσι το ονο μα αυτου Εμμανουηλ ο [εσ]τιν μεθερμηνευομε [νον] μεθ ημων ο θς εγερ [θεις δε] Ι[ω]σηφ απο του υπ [νου εποιη]σεν ως προς [εταξεν αυτ]ω ο αγγελ[ος Recto [νωσκεν] αυ[την εως ου ε [τεκεν υ]ν και εκαλεσε[ν το [ονο]μα αυτου Ιν του δε Ιυ γεννηθεντος εν βη θλεεμ της Ιουδαιας εν η μεραις Ηρωδου του βασι λεως ιδου μαγοι απο ανα τολων παραγενοντοεις Ιεροσολυμα λεγοντε [που εστιν ο τε[ι]χθεις βα[σιλευς των Ιουδαιων ει[δομεν γαρ αυτου το[ω αστερα εν [τ]η ανατο[λη]
Textual variants Matt 1:24 εγερθεις (having been aroused) – א, B, C, Z, 071, f1 διεγερθεις (having been awakened) – C3, D, L, W, 087, f13, mss of the Byzantine text-type
Matt 1:25
υἱὸν (a son) – א, B, Z, 071, f1, f13, 33 τὸν υἱὸν αὐτῆς τὸν πρωτότοκον (her firstborn son) – C, D, K, L (omit αὐτῆς), W, Δ, Π, 28, 565, 700, 892, 1009, 1010, 1071, 1079, 1195, 1216, 1230, 1241, 1242, 1365
Present location The codex is now located in the Semitic Museum (3735) at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
See also
List of New Testament uncials Textual criticism Papyrus Oxyrhynchus Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 400 Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 402
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