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What is P47?
Two papyri finds that are of importance, as far as we are concerned, are the Chester Beatty Papyri and the Bodmer Papyri. The former, three manuscripts designated as P45 , P46 and P47, were named after the American millionaire, Alfred Chester Beatty who bought the fragments in 1931 in an Egyptian black market. P46, dated to the around 200 CE, contains the letters of Paul (but is missing some parts and is lacking completely in the pastorals, II Thessalonians and Philemon ). P45 and and P47, are both dated to the third century CE. The former consists of the gospels and Acts (beginning from Matthew 20:24 and ending at Acts 17:17 but with a lot of gaps) while the latter are fragments from the book of Revelation (Rev 9:10-17:2 with some gaps).
http://www.geocities.com/paulntobin/ntmanuscript.html
What is the Peshitta?
The standard Bible of the Syrian Church is the Peshitta. The Peshitta, of which there are 350 extant manuscripts, contains 22 books of the New Testament but lacks II & III John, II Peter, Jude and Revelation-which the Syrian Church does not accept as canonical. Like the Vulgate, the Peshitta betrays the work of many hands (attempted corrections and revisions) and is of limited significance textually. Other Syriac versions include the Harklensis/Philoxeniana (Syrh), which may have some textual significance, and the Palestinian Syriac.
http://www.geocities.com/paulntobin/ntmanuscript.html
Manuscript Evidence for Disputed Verses
Revelation 13:18
The RSV, LB and NASV have a marginal note to the effect that some manuscripts read 616, instead of 666.
Burgon (14) p 135-7, (32) p 110, 148, states that the authorities for the alternative reading consist only of uncial C, cursive 11 and one father, Tichonius (4th cent.). All other copies of Revelation and all versions support the reading "666," which is also confirmed by Irenaeus (170 AD), Origen and Hippolytus (each 3rd cent.), Eusebius (4th cent.), Victorinus (5th cent), Primasius (6th cent.) and Andreas (7th cent.) and Arethas (l0th cent.).
http://www.ecclesia.org/truth/manuscript_evidence.html
Papyri from Oxyrhynchus
Among the more interesting readings found in these papyri, two are especially noteworthy. Ì106 (III century) reads oJ ejklektov" at John 1:34, in agreement with Ì5vid a* itb, e, ff2* syrs,c. Although the UBSGNT4 committee rejects this reading in favor of oJ uiJov" (giving the latter a B rating), that decision will surely have to be revisited in light of now clear Greek testimony from the third century1 for oJ ejklektov". As Head notes (11), “This early support in Greek, Latin and Syriac indicates a geographical diversity behind this reading.” Ì115 (III/IV century) is now apparently our earliest witness to the AC text of the Apocalypse. This MS includes twenty-six fragments of Revelation, covering portions of chapters 2 through 15. Not only is it an early witness to the AC text (the most important textual strand for the Apocalypse), but it also is the earliest witness to the reading “616” at Rev 13:18.
http://www.bible.org/docs/soapbox/schol ... review.htm
Other Links worth mentioning
The material offers important new evidence on a range of text-critical issues and three passages are discussed (Mt. 23:38; Jn. 1:34; Rev. 13:18).
http://www.tyndale.cam.ac.uk/Tyndale/st ... OxyPap.htm
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