Papyrus 123

Papyrus 123

New Testament manuscript
Name	P. Oxy. 4844
Sign	𝔓123
Text	1 Corinthians 14:31-34; 15:3-6
Date	4th century
Script	Greek
Found	Oxyrhynchus, Egypt
Now at	Sackler Library
Cite	J. David Thomas
Size	7.5 × 6.5 cm
Type	Alexandrian (?)
Category	-

Papyrus 123 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), designated by 𝔓¹²³, is an early copy of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the First Epistle to the Corinthians.^[1]

To the present day survived only pieces from one leaf. The surviving texts of 1 Corinthians are verses 14:31-34; 15:3-6, they are in a fragmentary condition. The manuscript paleographically has been assigned to the 4th century (INTF).^[1]

Text

Recto

μα]ν̣θανωσιν κ[αι παντες

παρ]α̣κ̣α̣λ̣ω̣ντ̣[αι και] π̣να προ̣φητων̣ [προφηταις

υ]π̣ο̣τασσεται̣ ο̣υ γαρ εστι[ν α]κ̣ατασ[ιας ο θς

αλλ ειρ]η̣νες οω εν πασαις τα[ις] εκκ̣[λησιας

των αγι]ω̣ν̣ α̣ι̣ γ̣υναικες εν [ταις εκκλησιαις

σιγατωσαν ου γα]ρ̣ επιτρεπ̣[εται αυταις λαλειν

]...[

Verso

υ]μ̣ιν εν π̣ρωτοι̣[ς ο και παρελαβον οτι

χς απεθα]ν̣εν υπερ των α̣[μαρτιων ημων κατα

τας γραφ]α̣ς και ο̣[τ]ι̣ ε̣τ̣α̣φη και̣ [οτι] εγηγε̣ρτα̣[ι τη

ημερα τη τριτ]η̣ κα̣[τα] τ̣ας̣ γραφας κ̣αι οτι ωφ[θη κηφα

ειτα τοις δωδεκα επειτα] ω̣φθη επανω̣ πε̣ν̣[τ]α̣

κοσιοις αδελφοις εφαπαξ ε]ξ̣ ων οι πλ̣[ειονες

μενουσιν εως αρτι τινες δε εκο]ι̣μ[ηθησαν

The Greek text of this codex probably is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type. It was published by J. David Thomas in 2008.

The manuscript currently is housed at the Papyrology Rooms of the Sackler Library at Oxford with the shelf number P. Oxy. 4844.^[1]

• 1 Corinthians 14, 15
• List of New Testament papyri
• Oxyrhynchus Papyri
• Biblical manuscript

• N. Gonis, D. Colomo, The Oxyrhynchus Papyri LXXII (London: 2008), pp. 1–3.

• P. Oxy. LXIV 4844 from Papyrology at Oxford's "POxy: Oxyrhynchus Online".

• "Continuation of the Manuscript List" Institute for New Testament Textual Research, University of Münster. Retrieved September 8, 2009