Papyrus 91

Papyrus 91

New Testament manuscript papyri uncials minuscules lectionaries
Name	P. Mil. Vogl. P. Macquarie
Sign	$\mathfrak{P}$^91
Text	Acts 2:30-37; 2:46-3:2
Date	3rd century
Script	Greek
Now at	University of Milan Macquarie University, Sydney
Cite	C. Galazzi, P. Mil. Vogl. Inv. 1224 NT, Act. 2,30-37 e 2,46-3,2, Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists 19 (1982), pp. 39-45.
Size	16 x 12 cm
Type	Alexandrian text-type
Category	I (?)

Papyrus 91 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), designed by $\mathfrak{P}$⁹¹, is an early copy of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Acts of Apostles. The surviving texts of Acts are verses 2:30-37; 2:46-3:2. The manuscript paleographically has been assigned to the middle of the 3rd century.^[1]

Text

The Greek text of this manuscript is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type, Comfort ascribed it as proto-Alexandrian, though the extant portion is too fragmentary for certainty.^[1] It has not been placed yet in Aland's Categories of New Testament manuscripts.

Location

The larger portion of $\mathfrak{P}$⁹¹ is housed at the Instituto di Papyrologia (P. Mil. Vofl. Inv. 1224) at the Universita Degli Studi di Milano. The smaller portion is housed at the Ancient History Documentary Research Centre^[2] at Macquarie University (Inv. 360) in Sydney.^[3][4]

Textual Variants

• 2:31: omits του χρυ (of the Christ/Messiah (χρυ being a Nomina Sacra)).
• 2:32: According to the reconstruction of Philip Comfort and David Barrett,^[5] omits εσμεν (are).

• 2:33: The scribe misspells ακουετε (you hear) as ακουεται (he heard) due to ε and αι being pronounced similarly when spoken.
• 2:36: The scribe misspells Ισραηλ (Israel) as Ισστραηλ.
• 2:36: και (and) is omitted from after οτι (because/that).
• 2:36: Swaps κν αυτον και χρν (Master him and Christ/Messiah (Nomina Sacra)) to χρν [αυτον και κν] (Christ/Messiah him and Master (Nomina Sacra))
• 2:46: The scribe misspells μετελαμβανον (they were sharing) as μεταλαμβανον (they are sharing).
• 2:46: The scribe misspells αφελοτητι (simplicity) through dittography as [αφελ]οτλοτητι.

See also

• List of New Testament papyri

References

1. Philip W. Comfort, Encountering the Manuscripts. An Introduction to New Testament Paleography & Textual Criticism, Nashville, Tennessee: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 2005, p. 74.
2. The Ancient History Documentary Research Centre was established within the School of History, Philosophy and Politics in 1981.
3. 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. 102. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
4. "Liste Handschriften". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 27 August 2011.
5. Comfort, Philip W.; David P. Barrett (2001). The Text of the Earliest New Testament Greek Manuscripts. Wheaton, Illinois: Tyndale House Publishers. p. 623. ISBN 978-0-8423-5265-9.

Further reading

• Claudio Galazzi, P. Mil. Vogl. Inv. 1224 NT, Act. 2,30-37 e 2,46-3,2, Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists 19 (New Haven: 1982), pp. 39–45.
• S. R. Pickering, ‘P. Macquarie Inv. 360 (+ P.Mil.Vogl. Inv. 1224): Acta Apostolorum 2.30-37, 2.46-3.2’ Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 65 (Bonn: 1986), pp. 76–79.