Papyrus 128

Papyrus 128

New Testament manuscript
Fragments containing John 9:3-4
Sign	𝔓128
Text	John 9:3–4, 12:16–18
Date	6th–7th century
Script	Greek
Found	Monastery of Saint Epiphanius, Egypt
Now at	Metropolitan Museum of Art
Type	?
Category	none

Papyrus 128 is a copy of a small part of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Gospel of John, containing verses 9:3-4; 12:16-18. It is designated by the siglum 𝔓²⁸ in the Gregory-Aland numbering of New Testament manuscripts. Using the study of comparative writing styles (palaeography), it has been assigned to the 6th or 7th century CE.

It was formerly listed as a part of Papyrus 44 (𝔓⁴⁴). Both are currently housed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (Inv. 14. 1. 527) in New York.

John 9:3–4

ουτε οι γ[ονεις αυτου αλλ ινα φανερω]
θη τα εργ[α του θυ εν αυτω εμε δει εργα]
ζεσθαι τ[α εργα το]υ π[εμψαντος με ε]
ως ημ[ερα εστιν ε]ρχ[εται νυξ οτε ουδεις]
δυνατ [– – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – ]

John 12:12–13

[– – ] ερ[χεται ο ις εις ιεροσολυμα ελαβον τα
β]αϊα [– – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – ]

John 12:16–18

[– – – – – – – – – – – – – – – ] ε[ν]α και [ταυ]
[τα εποιησαν αυτω εμαρτυρει] ουν ο οχλο[ς
ο ων μετ αυτου] οτε [τον Λαζαρο]ν εφων[η]
[σεν εκ του μνημ]ειο[υ και ηγειρ]εν αυτον
[εκ νεκρων δια τουτο και υπηντ]ησεν α[– – –]

• List of New Testament papyri

• Crum, Walter Ewing; Evelyn-White, H. G. (1926). The Monastery of Epiphanius at Thebes, Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York: Egyptian Expedition Publications. p. 120-121.
• Schofield, Ellwood M. (1936). The Papyrus Fragments of the Greek New Testament. Louisville: Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. pp. 296–301.

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Papyrus 128.

• Papyrus 128 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession number 14.1.527
• Digital Images online at the CSNTM