Papyrus 48

Papyrus $\mathfrak{P}$⁴⁸

New Testament manuscript papyri uncials minuscules lectionaries
Text	Acts of the Apostles 23 †
Date	3rd century
Script	Greek
Found	Egypt
Now at	Laurentian Library
Cite	G. Vitelli and S. G. Mercati, PGLSI X, (1932), pp. 112-118.
Size	16 x 25 cm
Type	Western text-type
Category	IV

Papyrus 48 (Gregory-Aland), signed by $\mathfrak{P}$⁴⁸, is an early copy of a part of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Acts of the Apostles, it contains portions of Acts 23:11-29. The manuscript paleographically has been assigned to the 3rd century.

Although the text of this codex is extremely small, the Greek text of this codex has been called a representative of the Western text-type. Aland placed it in Category IV.

It is currently housed at the Laurentian Library (PSI 1165) in Florence.

See also

• List of New Testament papyri

Further reading

• G. Vitelli and S. G. Mercati, Papiri greci e latini della Società Italiana X, (1932), pp. 112–118.

Images

• Image $\mathfrak{P}$⁴⁸ verso
• Image $\mathfrak{P}$⁴⁸ reverso

External links

• Robert B. Waltz. NT Manuscripts: Papyri, Papyri $\mathfrak{P}$⁴⁸ Encyclopedia of Textual Criticism