Papyrus 𝔓⁷⁸

New Testament manuscript
Name	P. Oxy. 2684
Text	Jude †
Date	3rd / 4th century
Script	Greek
Found	Egypt
Now at	Sackler Library
Cite	L. Ingrams, P. Kingston, P. Parsons, and J. Rea, OP XXXIV (1968), pp. 4-6.
Type	Alexandrian text-type
Category	I

Papyrus 78 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), designated by 𝔓⁷⁸, is an early copy of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Epistle of Jude. The surviving texts of Jude are verses 4–5 & 7–8. 𝔓⁷⁸ is written in an elegant hand. The manuscript has been paleographically assigned to the 3rd century (or 4th century).^[1]

Description

Text

The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type. 𝔓⁷⁸ displays a free text.^[2] Aland placed it in Category I (because of its date).^[1]

Present location

It is housed at the Sackler Library (P. Oxy. 2684) in Oxford.^[1][3]

Textual variants

• v5: Addition of αδελφοι (brothers) after βουλομαι (I plan).
• v7: υπεχουσαι (undergoing) becomes επεχουσαι (holding fast to).
• v8: ουτοι (these) becomes αυτοι (themselves).
• v8: δοξας (plural: glories) becomes δοξαν (singular: glory).