Papyrus 59

Papyrus 59 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), signed by 𝔓⁵⁹, is a copy of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Gospel of John. The manuscript has been palaeographically assigned to the seventh century.

Gospel of John 1:26.28.48.51; 2:15-16; 11:40-52; 12:25.29.31.35; 17:24-26; 18:1-2.16-17.22; 21:7.12-13.15.17-20.23.

The Greek text of this codex is a mixed text-type. Aland placed it in Category III.

It is currently housed at the Morgan Library & Museum (P. Colt 3) in New York City.

See also

• List of New Testament papyri

References

Further reading

• L. Casson, and E. L. Hettich, Excavations at Nessana II, Literary Papyri (Princeton: 1946), pp. 79–93.