Papyrus 21 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), designated by siglum 𝔓21, is an early copy of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Gospel of Matthew, it contains only . The manuscript paleographically had been assigned to the early 4th century.

Description

The manuscript is written in large upright uncial letters.

The Greek text of this codex probably is a mixture of text-types. Aland placed it in Category III.

In it has textual variant ιδων δε (instead of ειδως δε) in agreement with Codex Bezae, corrector b of the Codex Sinaiticus, 892*, the Latin text of Codex Bezae (itd), k, c, s, copbo. In it lacks words αυτω ουτε.

It is currently housed at the Muhlenberg College (Theol. Pap. 3) in Allentown (Pennsylvania).

See also

• List of New Testament papyri

• Matthew 12

References

Further reading

External links

• Rodney J. Decker, Description and Pictures of Oxyrhyncus Papyri 1227 (= P21) and 1077

• Trexler Library, 1227. St. Matthew's gospel, xii. Muhlenberg College.