Papyrus 37

Papyrus 37 designated by 𝔓37 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering) is an early copy of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Gospel of Matthew dating to the 3rd century, sometime around 250-260 CE, due to its affinities with 𝔓53 (dated to 260 CE), The correspondence of Heroninos (dated shortly before or after 260 CE) and a letter by Kopres (P. Greco-Egizi 208, dated 256 CE).

Papyrus 𝔓37
New Testament manuscript
recto Matt 26:19-37
TextMatthew 26:19-52
Date~ 260 CE; 3rd/4th century
FoundUnknown, bought in Cairo in 1924
Now atUniversity of Michigan
CiteH. A. Sanders, An Early Papyrus Fragment of the Gospel of Matthew in the Michigan Collection, HTR. vol. 19. 1926, pp. 215-226.
Size1 leaf; 12 x 22 cm; 33 lines/page
TypeFree, mostly Western, Egyptian
CategoryI
Handdocumentary
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