Papyrus 78
Papyrus 78 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), designated by
78, 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.
78 is written in an elegant hand. The manuscript has been paleographically assigned to the 3rd century (or 4th century).
Description
The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type.
78 displays a free text.Aland placed it in Category I (because of its date).
It is currently housed at the Sackler Library (P. Oxy. 2684) in Oxford.
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).
See also
List of New Testament papyri
Oxyrhynchus Papyri
References
Further reading
L. Ingrams, P. Kingston, Peter Parsons, and John Rea, Oxyrhynchus Papyri, XXXIV (London: 1968), pp. 4–6.