Papyrus 62

Papyrus 62 ( Gregory- Aland Sigel 62 designates ) is an early copy of the Greek New Testament. The fragments of the papyrus manuscript containing a portion of Matthew's Gospel. There are verses remained receive 25 to 30 of the eleventh chapter. Using palaeography, it has been dated to the 4th century. Also, included Daniel 3, 51-53, this text has the Rahlfs number 0994th The papyrus was perhaps once part of an amulet.

Text

From Matthew 11:25-30 the following Greek text is preserved:

" [ 25 ] εν εκεινω τω καιρω̣ αποκριθεις̣ ειπεν ο [ ι̅ς̅ ] ε̣ [ ξομολογο ] υ [ μαι ] [ σοι ] [ π̅ρ̅ ] κ̅ [ ε̅ ] [ του ] [ ουρα ] νου και της γ̣η̣ς οτι εγρ̣υ̣ψας ταυ [ τ ] α̣ απο σο [ φων ] [ και ] [ συ ] ν̣ [ ετων ] [ και ] απ [ εκαλυψας ] αυτα νηπιοις [ 26 ] ναι ο πη̅ρ οτι ουτως ευδοκι̣ [ α ] - [ 27 ] παντα μοι παρεδοθη υπο̣ του π̣α̣τ̣ [ ρ ] ο̣ς̣ μ̣ο̣υ̣ - [ υι ] ον ει μη ο πατηρ ουδε το [ ν ] πατερα τ [ ις ] [ ε ] π̣ιγινω [ σκει ] - αποκαλυψαι [ 28 ] δ̣ε̣υτε προς μ̣ε παντε [ ς ] [ οι ] κοπιον̣ [ τες ] - [ αναπα ] υσω υμας [ 29 ] α̣ρατε τον ζ̣υ̣ [ γο ] ν μου εφ̣ [ υμ ] α̣ς̣ και μ̣α [ θετε ] - [ τα ] πεινος τ̣η κ [ αρ ] δ̣ια και ευ ​​[ ρ ] η̣σ̣ε̣τε αν̣ [ απα ] υ̣σιν ταις - [ 30 ] - και τ̣ο φορτιον μου ελα̣ [ φρο ] ν εστιν "

The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type. Kurt Aland placed it in Category II.

Storage

The fragments of the manuscript are currently being kept in the library of the University of Oslo under the inventory number 1661.

Gallery

Mat 11.25-30 verso 18 20 22 24

Mat 11.25-30 25 recto

Mat 11.25-30 recto 17 19 21 23

Mat 11.25-30 verso 10 12 14 16

Mat 11.25-30 verso 26

Mat 11.25-30 recto 9 11 13 15

Mat 11.25-30 verso 2 4 6 8