Papyrus 101

New Testament manuscript
Name	P. Oxy. 4401
Sign	𝔓101
Text	Gospel of Matthew 3:10-12; 3:16-4:3
Date	3rd century
Script	Greek
Found	Oxyrhynchus, Egypt
Now at	Sackler Library
Cite	J. David Thomas, OP LXIV (1997), pp. 2-4.
Size	19 x 7.5 cm
Type	Alexandrian text-type

Papyrus 101 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), designated by 𝔓¹⁰¹, is an early copy of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Gospel of Matthew. The surviving texts of Matthew are verses 3:10-12; 3:16-4:3, they are in a fragmentary condition. The manuscript palaeographically has been assigned to the 3rd century.^[1]

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type.

Location

The manuscript is currently housed at the Sackler Library (Papyrology Rooms, P. Oxy. 4401) at Oxford.^[1]

Textual Variants

• 3:10: εις (into) becomes προς (towards).
• 3:11: omits οπισω μου (after me).
• 3:11: βαστασαι (to bear) is changed to λυσαι (to untie). The missing space on the line above could also include κυφας (bending down), therefore almost conforming the text to the same as Mark 1:7.
• 3:16: ωσαι (as if it were) becomes ως (like).
• 3:16: και (and) is omitted from after περιστεραν (dove).
• 3:17: ευδοκησα (well pleased) becomes ηυδοκησα, a variant spelling.
• 4:2: ημερας τεσσερακοντα και νυκτας τεσσερακοντα (days forty and nights forty) becomes μ ημερας και μ νυκτας (forty days and forty nights (the numeral μ representing "forty")).