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Early(ish) Witnesses to the Pastoral Epistles

I’ve recently taken the time to work through the contents of papyri and uncials dated 5th century and before, from a few different sources. I was pleasantly surprised at the number of MSS witnessing the Pastoral Epistles.

MS	Date	Contents
P32	ca 200 (Comfort & Barrett: 150-200)	Titus 1.11-15; 2.3-8
01 (Sinaiticus)	5th century	1Ti, 2Ti, Titus
02 (Alexandrinus)	5th century	1Ti, 2Ti, Titus
04 (Ephraemi)	5th century	1Ti 1.1-3.9; 5.20-6.21; 2Ti 1.1-2; Titus 1.1-2
016	5th century	1Ti 1.1-3, 10-13; 1.19-2.1, 9-13; 3.7-9; 4.1-3, 10-13; 5.5-9, 16-19; 6.1-2, 9-11, 17-19; 2Ti 1.1-3, 10-12; 2.2-5, 14-16, 22-24; 3.6-8, 3.16-4.1, 8-1, 18-20; Titus 1.1-3, 10-11; 2.4-6, 14-15; 3.8-9
048	5th century	1Ti 5.5-6.17, 20-21; 2Ti 1.4-6, 8; 2.2-25; Titus 3.13-15
061	5th century (Tisch: 4th-6th)	1Ti 3.15-16; 4.1-3; 6.2-4, 5-8
088	5th-6th century	Titus 1.1-13
0240	5th century	Titus 1.4-8
0241	5th-6th century	1Ti 3.16-4.3, 8-11

Dates are from NA27 unless otherwise specified.

My sources include:

Comfort & Barrett, The Text of the Earliest Greek New Testament Manuscripts (Amazon.com). [Logos Version]

Tischendorf’s Novum Testamentum Graece, Editio Octavo Critica Maior, prolegomena volume [Logos Version]

NA27 Appendix I, Codices Graeci et Latini in hac editione adhibiti.

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