Papyrus 69

Papyrus 69
New Testament manuscript
Name	P. Oxy 2383
Sign	𝔓69
Text	Luke 22:41,45-48r+22:58-61v
Date	3rd century
Script	Greek
Found	Oxyrhynchus, Egypt
Now at	Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford
Size	8.5 x 5 cm
Type	Western text-type
Category	IV

Papyrus 69 (designated by 𝔓⁶⁹ in the Gregory-Aland numbering) is a small fragment dating to the 3rd century.^[1] Scholars have debated whether its text is a witness to the Gospel of Marcion or the canonical Gospel of Luke.

Description

This fragment (𝔓⁶⁹ or P. Oxy 2383) recounts the prayer of Jesus in Gethsemane, the betrayal of Jesus by Judas, and the betrayal of Jesus by Peter. Famously, and similar to the Gospel of Marcion, it omits all of Luke 22:42–45a,^[2] a portion famous for Jesus asking, 'remove this cup from me' (22:42), for an 'angel from heaven' appearing' (22:43), and for Jesus sweating drops of blood (22:44).

Claire Clivaz has developed the hypothesis that 𝔓⁶⁹ is most plausibly understood 'as a witness to a Marcionite edition of Luke's Gospel',^[3] an idea she credits to François Bovon.^[4] Jason BeDuhn has supported this hypothesis, drawing upon 𝔓⁶⁹ in his reconstruction of the Gospel of Marcion.^[5] Peter M. Head, conversely, has dismissed Clivaz' arguments in two posts on an Evangelical Christian blog.^[6]

The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the Western text-type. According to Aland text is very free, "characteristic of precursors of the D-text", therefore Aland placed it in Category IV.^[7]

Text

[recto]

[εις πειρασ]μ[ον] ^[41] κ̣[αι αυτος απεσ]

[πασθη απ αυτων ωσ]ε̣ι λιθου β̣ο̣λ̣[ην]

[και θεις τα γονατα προσ]η̣υ̣χ̣ε̣τ̣ο̣

^[45] [ελθων προς τους μ̣αθ]ητ[ας ευ]

[ρεν αυτους καθευ]δοντας κοι

[μωμενους αυτους απο τη]ς̣ λυπης ^[46] [κ]α̣ι̣

[ειπεν αυτοις] τ̣ι κ̣α̣θευδ̣ε

[τε ανασταντες πρ]ο̣σ̣ευχεσ̣θ̣ε

[ινα μη εισελθητε εις πει]ρ̣ασμ̣ο̣ν̣

^[47] [ετι δε αυτου λαλουντος ι]δου̣

[οχλος και ο λεγομενος ιου]δ̣ας

[εις των ι̅β̅ προηρχετο α]υ̣[τ]ους

[και εγγισας εφιλησε]ν̣ τ̣ον ι̣̅η̅ν̅

^[48] [ι̅η̅ς̅ δε ειπεν αυτω ιουδα φι]λ̣η̣[ματι

[verso]

^[58] – [ιδων] α̣υ̣[τ]ω̣ ε̣[φη και συ εξ αυτων ει]

ο̣ δ̣ε ειπεν [α̅ν̅ε̅ ουκ ειμι ^[59] και δι]

α̣σ̣τασης ωσ̣[ει ωρας α̅ αλλος τις ισχυ]

ριζ̣ετο λεγω[ν επ αληθειας και]

ου̣τ̣ο̣ς ην μ[ετ αυτου και γαρ γα]

λ̣[ι]λ̣α̣ιος εστ̣[ιν] ^[60] [ειπεν δε ο πετρος]

α̣ν̣̅ε ουκ οι[δα ο λεγεις και ετι]

αυτου λαλου̣[ντος παραχρημα]

ε̣φωνησεν̣ [αλεκτωρ] ^[61] [και στρα]

φεις ο πε̣τ̣ρ̣[ος ενεβλεψεν αυ]

τω τοτε [υπεμνησθη ο πετρος]

τ̣ου ρημ[ατος του κ̅υ̅ ως ειπεν]

αυ̣τω π[ριν αλεκτορα φωνησαι ση]

μ̣[ερον απαρνηση με τρις] ^[62] [και]

References

^ "New Testament Transcripts". Nttranscripts.uni-muenster.de. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
^ Comfort, The Text of the Earliest New Testament Greek Manuscripts (2001), p. 472.
^ Clivaz, C., The Angel and the Sweat Like 'Drops of Blood' (Lk 22:43–44): P69 and f13, HTR 98 2005), p. 420
^ Clivaz, Claire (2005). "The Angel and the Sweat Like "Drops of Blood" (Lk 22:43-44): 𝔓69 and ƒ13". Harvard Theological Review. 98 (4): 429n80 – via JSTOR.
^ BeDuhn, Jason (2013). The First New Testament : Marcion's Scriptural Canon. Salem, Oregon: Polebridge Press. pp. 124, 187–189. ISBN 978-1-59815-131-2. OCLC 857141226.
^ Head, Peter M. (12 July 2006). "Evangelical Textual Criticism: Not a Marcionite Manuscript". Evangelicaltextualcriticism.blogspot.com. Archived from the original on 8 July 2011. Retrieved 15 August 2015. the suggestion that 𝔓69 is a manuscript of Marcion's Gospel is a very clever idea which is however not proven and not the most plausible context for making sense of this fascinating manuscript
^ Aland, Kurt; Aland, Barbara (1995). The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism. Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.). Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. p. 100. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.

Images

External links

POxy – Oxyrhynchus Papyri online database
PM Head's initial review of Clivaz and PM Head's further discussion
"Liste Handschriften". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 26 August 2011.

[1] "New Testament Transcripts". Nttranscripts.uni-muenster.de. Retrieved 15 August 2015.

[2] Comfort, The Text of the Earliest New Testament Greek Manuscripts (2001), p. 472.

[3] Clivaz, C., The Angel and the Sweat Like 'Drops of Blood' (Lk 22:43–44): P69 and f13, HTR 98 2005), p. 420

[4] Clivaz, Claire (2005). "The Angel and the Sweat Like "Drops of Blood" (Lk 22:43-44): 𝔓69 and ƒ13". Harvard Theological Review. 98 (4): 429n80 – via JSTOR.

[5] BeDuhn, Jason (2013). The First New Testament : Marcion's Scriptural Canon. Salem, Oregon: Polebridge Press. pp. 124, 187–189. ISBN 978-1-59815-131-2. OCLC 857141226.

[6] Head, Peter M. (12 July 2006). "Evangelical Textual Criticism: Not a Marcionite Manuscript". Evangelicaltextualcriticism.blogspot.com. Archived from the original on 8 July 2011. Retrieved 15 August 2015. the suggestion that 𝔓69 is a manuscript of Marcion's Gospel is a very clever idea which is however not proven and not the most plausible context for making sense of this fascinating manuscript

[Aland-7] Aland, Kurt; Aland, Barbara (1995). The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism. Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.). Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. p. 100. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.

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