Papyrus 91


Papyrus 91, is an early copy of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Acts of Apostles. The surviving texts of Acts are verses 2:30-37; 2:46-3:2. The manuscript paleographically has been assigned to the middle of the 3rd century.

Text

The Greek text of this manuscript is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type, Comfort ascribed it as proto-Alexandrian, though the extant portion is too fragmentary for certainty. It has not been placed yet in Aland's Categories of New Testament manuscripts.

Location

The larger portion of ?91 is housed at the Instituto di Papyrologia at the Universita Degli Studi di Milano. The smaller portion is housed at the Ancient History Documentary Research Centre at Macquarie University in Sydney.

Textual Variants

  • 2:31: omits του .
  • 2:32: According to the reconstruction of Philip Comfort and David Barrett, omits εσμεν.
  • 2:33: The scribe misspells ακουετε as ακουεται due to ε and αι being pronounced similarly when spoken.
  • 2:36: The scribe misspells Ισραηλ as Ισστραηλ.
  • 2:36: και is omitted from after οτι.
  • 2:36: Swaps to
  • 2:46: The scribe misspells μετελαμβανον as μεταλαμβανον.
  • 2:46: The scribe misspells αφελοτητι through dittography as οτλοτητι.