Papyrus 37

(Referred to Gregory- Aland Sigel 37) Papyrus 37 is an early copy of the Greek New Testament. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Gospel of Matthew is dated to the 3rd century. Because of its similarities to 53 ( AD 260 to AD dated), the correspondence of the Hero Ninos ( about 260 ) and the letter of the Kopres ( P. Greco - Egizi 208, dated 256 AD) assigns to it sometimes in the period 250-260 AD a.

Certain nouns sacra ( ΚΕ ΙΗΣ ΠΝΑ ΙΗΣΥ ) are included in the text. However, he has no punctuation or accent marks. However, at irregular intervals, points are included that have been added to the text by a later scribe, probably to facilitate the reading. Therefore, it is believed that the manuscript was a time used in a church. Statements about the regularity of the writing style and the original meaning of the papyrus are difficult to make because the handwriting is very short.

Aland placed it in Category I.