Papyrus 136


Papyrus 136 is a small surviving portion of an early copy of part of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Acts. The text survives on a single fragment of a rotulus, the text on the verso being upside-down in relationship to the text on the recto. The manuscript has been assigned paleographically to the sixth century.

Location

?136 is housed at the David M. Rubenstein Library, Duke University, Durham, NC in the United States.

Textual Variants

  • 4:27 According to the Smiths' reconstruction, it contains the majority reading εν τη πολει ταυτη along with ?45vid 01 03 05 08 044 33 1241 1739, versus εν τη πολει σου ταυτη found in 02.
  • 4:28 According to the VMR transcription, it reads η χειρ σου και η βουλη along with 02* 03 08* 323 945 1175 1739 versus the majority reading η χειρ σου και η βουλη σου of 01 05 044 18 33 424 614 1241 1505. The Smiths' reconstruction reads η χειρ σου και η δουλη.
  • 4:30 It reads την χειρα σε εκτινειν with P74 02 1175, versus την χειρα σου εκτεινειν σε of most manuscripts; εκτεινειν την χειρα σου of ?45; την χειρα εκτεινειν σε of 03; and την χειρα σου εκτεινειν of 05 08 044 33 323 945 1241 1739.
  • 7:26 According to the Smiths' reconstruction, it reads ανδρες αδελφοι εσται εινατ̣ι̣ supported by ?74 01 02 03 04 08 044 323 945 1739, which read ανδρες αδελφοι εστε ινα τι, versus τι ποιειτε ανδρες αδελφοι of 05 and ανδρες αδελφοι εστε υμεις εσται ινα τι of most manuscripts.
  • 7:28 A corrector added the missing εκθες to produce the reading εκθες τον αιγυπτιον as in ?74 01 03* 04 1175, versus τον αιγυπτιο¯ χθεσ of 02 and the majority reading χθεσ τον αιγυπτιον. All of these are variant ways of expressing the meaning of "yesterday."
  • 7:30a Along with 05, it abbreviates the number 'forty' as overlined μ, which is usually spelled out as either τεσσερακοντα, as in ?74 01 02 03* 04f 104 1003 1175, or as τεσσαρακοντα, as in 08 044 18 33 81 323 424 614 945 1241 1505 1739 and most other manuscripts.
  • 7:30b It retains the character sequence ν πυρ, which indicates that while in pristine condition, it did not read εν φλογι πυρος with the majority of manuscripts; the Smiths reconstruct the reading as εν πυρι φλογος, as found in 02 04.