Papyrus 70
| New Testament manuscript | |
| Name | P. Oxy. 2384 |
|---|---|
| Text | Matthew 2-3; 11; 12; 24 â |
| Date | 3rd century |
| Script | Greek |
| Found | Egypt |
| Now at | Ashmolean Museum National Archaeological Museum (Florence) |
| Cite | E. Lobel, C. H. Roberts, E. G. Turner, and J. W. B. Barns, OP XXIV (1957), pp. 4-5. |
| Size | 15 x 25 cm |
| Type | Alexandrian text-type |
| Category | I |
| Hand | carelessly written |
Papyrus 70 is an early copy of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Gospel of Matthew. It is designated by the siglum đ70 in the Gregory-Aland numbering of New Testament manuscripts. The surviving texts of Matthew are verses 2:13-16; 2:22-3:1; 11:26-27; 12:4-5; 24:3-6.12-15. đ70 has a fairly reliable text, though it was carelessly written. The manuscript palaeographically had been assigned to the late 3rd century.
- Text
The Greek text of this codex is considered a representative of the Alexandrian text-type. Biblical scholar Kurt Aland ascribed it as a âstrict textâ, and placed it in Category I of his New Testament manuscript classification system.
- Present location
It is currently housed at the Ashmolean Museum (P. Oxy. 2384) in Oxford and at the Papyrological Institute of Florence in National Archaeological Museum (Florence) (PSI 3407 â formerly CNR 419, 420).