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Papyrus 45
Folios 13-14 with part of the Gospel of Luke
Name	P. Chester Beatty I
Sign	$\mathfrak{P}$ ⁴⁵
Text	Gospels, Acts
Date	c. 250
Script	Greek
Found	Egypt
Now at	Chester Beatty Library
Cite	F.G. Kenyon, The Chester Beatty Biblical Papyri (London: E. Walker), 1933
Size	30 leaves; 10 in x 8 in
Type	eclectic text-type
Category	I

Papyrus 45 ( $\mathfrak{P}$ ⁴⁵ or P. Chester Beatty I) is an early New Testament manuscript which is a part of the Chester Beatty Papyri. It was probably created around 250 in Egypt.^[1] It contains the texts of Matthew 20-21 and 25-26; Mark 4-9 and 11-12; Luke 6-7 and 9-14; John 4-5 and 10-11; and Acts 4-17. The manuscript is currently housed at the Chester Beatty Library, Dublin, Ireland, except for one leaf containing Matt. 25:41-26:39 which is at the Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna (Pap. Vindob. G. 31974).^[2]^[3]

Contents

1 Condition of the manuscript
2 Textual character
- 2.1 Text-type
- 2.2 Notable readings
3 See also
4 Notes and references
5 Further reading
6 External links

Condition of the manuscript

The manuscript is heavily damaged and fragmented. The papyrus was bound in a codex, which may have consisted of 220 pages, however only 30 survive (two of Matthew, six of Mark, seven of Luke, two of John, and 13 of Acts). All of the pages have lacunae, with very few lines complete. The leaves of Matthew and John are the smallest. The original pages were roughly 10 inches by 8 inches. Unlike many of the other surviving manuscripts from the 3rd century which usually contained just the Gospels, or just the Catholic letters, or just the Pauline epistles, this manuscript possibly contained more than one grouping of New Testament texts. This hypothesis is attributed to the use of gatherings of two leaves, a single-quire that most other codices had.^[4]

Textual character

Because of the extent of the damage, determining the text's type has been difficult for scholars. The manuscript was obtained by Alfred Chester Beatty in the first half of the 20th century, and published in The Chester Beatty Biblical Papyri, Descriptions and Texts of Twelve Manuscripts on Papyrus of the Greek Bible by Frederic G. Kenyon in 1933. In this work, Kenyon identified the text of the Gospel of Mark in P45 as Caesarean, following the definition of Burnett Hillman Streeter.^[5] Hollis Huston criticized Kenyon's transcription of various partially surviving words, and concluded that chapters 6 and 11 of Mark in $\mathfrak{P}$ ⁴⁵ could not neatly fit into one text-type, especially not Caesarean, because the manuscript predates the distinctive texts for each type from the 4th and 5th centuries.^[6]

It has a great number of singular readings.^[7]

Text-type

$\mathfrak{P}$ ⁴⁵ has a relatively close statistical relationship with Codex Washingtonianus in Mark, however, and to a lesser extent Family 13. Citing Larry Hurtado's study, Text-Critical Methodology and the Pre-Caesarean Text: Codex W in the Gospel of Mark,^[8] Eldon Jay Epp has agreed that there is no connection to a Caesarean or pre-Caesarean text in Mark. There is also not a strong connection to the Neutral text of Codex Vaticanus, the Western text of Codex Bezae, and the Byzantine text of the textus receptus.^[9] Another hypothesis is that " $\mathfrak{P}$ ⁴⁵ comes from the Alexandrian tradition, but has many readings intended to "improve" the text stylistically, and a number of harmonizations. While still difficult to place historically in a category of texts, most scholars today agree that the text is not Caesarean, contrary to Kenyon. The textual character of the manuscript varies between each book included. In Mark, the closest relationship is with Codex W, whereas in Acts it is closest to the Alexandrian text. In the other books (Matthew, John, Luke) the text of the papyrus is difficult to place.

It is calculated that the codex omitted the Pericope Adulterae (John 7:53-8:11).^[10]

Notable readings

Matthew 25:41-46 in Papyrus 45

Mark 6:40 omits text κατὰ ἑκατὸν καὶ κατὰ πεντήκοντα (by fifties and by hundreds)

Mark 6:44 omits text τοὺς ἄρτους (those loaves) with א D W Θ f¹ f¹³ 28 565 700 2542 lat cop^sa

Mark 6:45 omits text εἰς τὸ πέραν (to the other side) with W f¹ 118 it^q syr^s

Mark 8:12 omits text λέγω ὑμῖν (I will tell you) with W

Mark 8:15 reads των Ηρωδιανων (the Herodians) with W Θ f^1,13 28 565 1365 2542 it^i.k cop^{sa^mss} arm geo

Mark 8:35 reads ἕνεκεν τοῦ εὐαγγελίου (for the sake of the Gospel) omitting ἐμοῦ καὶ (of me and) as in D 28 700 it^{a.b.d.i.k.n.r¹} syr^s arm Origen

Mark 9:27 omits text καὶ ἀνέστη (and he arose) with W it^k.l syr^p

Luke 6:48

διὰ τὸ καλῶς οἰκοδομῆσθαι αὐτήν (because it had been well built) — $\mathfrak{P}$ ^{75^vid} א B L W Ξ 33 157 579 892 1241 1342 2542 syr^{h^mg} cop^sa cop^{bo^pt}

τεθεμελίωτο γὰρ ἐπὶ τὴν πέτραν (for it had been founded upon that rock) — A C D Θ Ψ f^1,13 700^c Byz latt syr^p.h cop^{bo^pt} arm, geo, goth

omitted — $\mathfrak{P}$ ^{45^vid} 700* syr^s

Luke 11:33 omits text οὐδὲ ὑπὸ τὸν μόδιον (nor under a basket) with $\mathfrak{P}$ ⁷⁵ L Γ Ξ 070 f¹ 22 69 700* 788 1241 2542 syr^s cop^sa arm, geo

Luke 11:44 omits text γραμματεις και Φαρισαιοι υποκριται (scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites) with $\mathfrak{P}$ ⁷⁵ א B C L f¹ 33 1241 2542 it^{a.aur.c.e.ff².l} vg syr^s,c cop^sa cop^{bo^pt} arm geo

Luke 11:54 omits text ινα κατηγορησωσιν αυτου (in order that they might accuse him) with $\mathfrak{P}$ ⁷⁵ א B L 579 892* 1241 2542 syr^s,c co

Luke 12:9 omitted, as in it^e syr^{s cop^{bo^ms}}

Luke 12:47 omits text μὴ ἑτοιμάσας ἢ (not preparing or)

John 11:7 omits text τοῖς μαθηταῖς (the disciples) with $\mathfrak{P}$ ^66* it^e.l

John 11:25 omits text καὶ ἡ ζωή (and the life) with it^l syr^s Diatessaron^syr Cyprian

John 11:51 omits text τοῦ ἐνιαυτοῦ ἐκείνου (of that year) with it^e.l syr^s

Acts 5:37 omits text πάντες (all) with D it

Acts 8:18 adds text το αγιον (the holy) with $\mathfrak{P}$ ⁷⁴ A* C D E Ψ 33 1739 Byz latt syr cop^bo

Acts 9:17

Ἰησοῦς (Jesus) — $\mathfrak{P}$ ⁴⁵ $\mathfrak{P}$ ⁷⁴ א A B C E Ψ 33 81 323 614 945 1175 1739

omitted — Byz

Acts 9:21 omits text οἱ ἀκούοντες (those hearing) with $\mathfrak{P}$ ⁷⁴ Ψ*

Acts 9:38

δύο ἄνδρας (two men) — $\mathfrak{P}$ ⁴⁵ $\mathfrak{P}$ ⁷⁴ א A B C E Ψ 36 81 323 614 945 1175 1739 latt syr co

omitted — Byz

Acts 10:10

ἐγένετο (became) — $\mathfrak{P}$ ^{74^vid} א A B C 36 81 323 453 945 1175 1739 Origen

επεπεσεν (fell into) — E Ψ 33 Byz latt syr

ηλθεν (entered) — $\mathfrak{P}$ ⁴⁵

Acts 10:13 omits text Πέτρε (Peter) with gig Clement Ambrose

Acts 10:16 omits text εὐθὺς (immediately) with 36 453 1175 it^d syr^p cop^{sa^mss}

Acts 10:33

κυρίου (the Lord) — $\mathfrak{P}$ ^{45^vid} א A B C E Ψ 81* 323 614 945 1175 1739 lat syr^h cop^bo

θεου (God) — $\mathfrak{P}$ ⁷⁴ D Byz syr^p cop^sa mae

Acts 11:12 omits text μηδὲν διακρίναντα (without deliberating) with D it^l.p* syr^h

Acts 13:48

κυρίου (the Lord) — $\mathfrak{P}$ ⁴⁵ $\mathfrak{P}$ ⁷⁴ א A C Ψ 33 1739 Byz gig vg cop^{sa^mss} mae

θεου (God) — B D E 049 323 453 cop^bo

θεον (God) — 614 syr

Acts 13:49 omits text τοῦ κυρίου (the Lord)

Acts 15:20 omits text καὶ τῆς πορνείας (and sexual immorality)

Acts 15:40

τοῦ κυρίου (the Lord) — $\mathfrak{P}$ ⁷⁴ א A B D 33 81 it^d vg^st cop^sa

τοῦ θεου (God) — $\mathfrak{P}$ ⁴⁵ C E Ψ 1739 Byz gig it^w vg^cl syr cop^bo

Acts 16:32

τοῦ κυρίου (the Lord) — $\mathfrak{P}$ ⁴⁵ $\mathfrak{P}$ ⁷⁴ א‎² A C (D) E Ψ 33 1739 Byz lat syr cop

τοῦ θεου (God) — א‎* B

Acts 17:13 omits text καὶ ταράσσοντες (and agitated) with E Byz

Notes and references

^ "The Conversion of Saul (Paul)". The Western Collection; Papyri; Letters of Paul. Dublin, Ireland: Chester Beatty Library. Archived from the original on 12 September 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.cbl.ie/collections/Saint_Paul_3.aspx?L1Link=52&L2Link=100&Sb=The%20Western%20Collection. Retrieved 3 July 2009.
^ Kurt and Barbara Aland, Der Text des Neuen Testaments. Einführung in die wissenschaftlichen Ausgaben sowie in Theorie und Praxis der modernen Textkritik. Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, Stuttgart 1989, p. 109. ISBN 3-438-06011-6
^ "Liste Handschriften". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. http://intf.uni-muenster.de/vmr/NTVMR/ListeHandschriften.php?ObjID=10045. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
^ Bruce M. Metzger, Bart D. Ehrman, The Text of the New Testament: Its Transmission, Corruption and Restoration, Oxford University Press (New York - Oxford, 2005), p. 54.
^ Huston 1955, p. 262
^ Huston 1955, pp. 265, 268, 270-271.
^ Barbara Aland, The Significance of the Chester Beatty in Early Church History, in: The Earliest Gospels ed. Charles Horton, London 2004, p. 110.
^ Hurtado, Text-Critical Methodology and the Pre-Caesarean Text, 1981.
^ Epp 1974, p. 395
^ T. C. Skeat, A Codicological Analysis of the Chester Beatty Papyrus Codex of Gospels and Acts (P 45), in: T. C. Skeat and J. K. Elliott, The collected biblical writings of T. C. Skeat, Brill 2004, p. 147.

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