Papyrus 47 gives an early, Alexandrian-type text of Revelation 9–17, revealing ordinary scribal slips yet strongly confirming the stability and reliability of the book.
Papyrus 47 and the Book of Revelation
Papyrus 45 and the Text of the Gospels
Papyrus 45 shows both human scribal fallibility and a remarkably stable Gospel text, powerfully confirming the early Alexandrian tradition and the reliability of the New Testament.
Papyrus 46 and the Pauline Corpus
Papyrus 46, an early second-century papyrus codex, preserves a large Pauline corpus—including Hebrews—and shows that Paul’s letters were transmitted with exceptional stability.
The Importance of Papyrus 52 for the Gospel of John
Papyrus 52 shows that the Gospel of John circulated in Egypt by the early second century with a text already aligned to the reliable Alexandrian tradition.
Textual Stability of the Greek New Testament Texts from the Second to the Fourth Century
From the earliest papyri to the great fourth-century codices, the New Testament text remains remarkably stable, anchored by disciplined Alexandrian exemplar lines.
P138 (200–250 C.E.) P. Oxyrhynchus 5346: An Early Third-Century Witness to the Gospel of Luke
P138 is a 3rd-century Greek papyrus of Luke 13:12–17, 25–30, preserving Alexandrian readings and housed at Oxford's Sackler Library.
P135 (4th/5th Century C.E.) G. C. Pap. 000531: A Fragmentary Witness to Galatians
P135 is a 4th–5th century C.E. Greek papyrus containing Galatians 3–5, preserving Alexandrian readings in a fragmentary but valuable manuscript.
P134 (225–275 C.E.) Willoughby Papyrus: A Textual Analysis of an Early Gospel of John Witness
P134 is an early papyrus of John 1:49–2:1 dated to 225–275 C.E., reflecting Alexandrian text-type and preserving key textual variants that affirm early textual stability.
