Papyrus 91

Papyrus 91 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering, designated as 𝔓⁹¹), 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.^[1]

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.^[1] It has not been placed yet^[when?] in Aland's Categories of New Testament manuscripts.

The larger portion of 𝔓⁹¹ is housed at the Instituto di Papyrologia (P. Mil. Vofl. Inv. 1224) at the Universita Degli Studi di Milano. The smaller portion is housed at the Ancient History Documentary Research Centre^[2] at Macquarie University (Inv. 360) in Sydney.^[3][4]

• 2:31: omits του χρυ (of the Christ/Messiah (χρυ being a Nomina Sacra)).
• 2:32: According to the reconstruction of Philip Comfort and David Barrett,^[5] omits εσμεν (are).

• 2:33: The scribe misspells ακουετε (you hear) as ακουεται (he heard) due to ε and αι being pronounced similarly when spoken.
• 2:36: The scribe misspells Ισραηλ (Israel) as Ισστραηλ.
• 2:36: και (and) is omitted from after οτι (because/that).
• 2:36: Swaps κν αυτον και χρν (Master him and Christ/Messiah (Nomina Sacra)) to χρν [αυτον και κν] (Christ/Messiah him and Master (Nomina Sacra))
• 2:46: The scribe misspells μετελαμβανον (they were sharing) as μεταλαμβανον (they are sharing).
• 2:46: The scribe misspells αφελοτητι (simplicity) through dittography as [αφελ]οτλοτητι.

• List of New Testament papyri

• Claudio Galazzi, P. Mil. Vogl. Inv. 1224 NT, Act. 2,30-37 e 2,46-3,2, Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists 19 (New Haven: 1982), pp. 39–45.
• S. R. Pickering, ‘P. Macquarie Inv. 360 (+ P.Mil.Vogl. Inv. 1224): Acta Apostolorum 2.30-37, 2.46-3.2’ Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 65 (Bonn: 1986), pp. 76–79.