Papyrus 90


Papyrus 90, also known as P. Oxy. L 3523, is a small fragment from the Gospel of John 18:36-19:7. It is designated by the siglum in the Gregory-Aland numbering of New Testament manuscripts. Using the study of comparative writing styles, it has been assigned to the late 2nd century CE.

Description

The papyrus is written on both sides, indicating this was likely a codex. It is currently housed at the Sackler Library in Oxford.

Text

The Greek text of this codex is considered a representative of the Alexandrian text-type. Due to its early date, Biblical scholar Kurt Aland placed it in Categories of [New Testament manuscripts#Category I|Category I] of his New Testament classification system.
Papyrologist and biblical scholar Philip W. Comfort says " has textual affinity with ... some affinity with Codex Sinaiticus."
; Transcription of Papyrus Manuscript
Letters in Bold are extant in the manuscript.
Gospel of John 18:36-19:1
''Gospel of John 19:1-7''

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