[[Image:Rylands Papyrus (P52).jpg|thumb|Rylands papyrus, (P52) recto (front side); containing on this one side part of St. John's Gospel verses 31-33, on the other of verses 37-38 of chapter xviii.]]
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The '''John Rylands Fragment''' (P52) is the oldest known manuscript fragment of the [[New Testament]]. This papyrus codex containing [[John]] 18:31-33 and 37-38, was found in [[Egypt]] by Bernard P. Grenfell. It went unnoticed among many other manuscript fragments until 1934, when C. H. Roberts recognized that it contained part of the Gospel of John.
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The '''John Rylands Fragment''' (P52) is the oldest known manuscript fragment of the [[New Testament]]. This papyrus codex containing [[John]] 18:31-33 and 37-38, was found in [[Egypt]] by Bernard P. Grenfell, at a site that was a 15-20 day journey from [[Jerusalem]].<ref>This discovery was likely at the Oxyrhynchus/Behnesa site.</ref> This fragment went unnoticed among many other manuscript fragments until 1934, when C. H. Roberts recognized that it contained part of the Gospel of John.
== Some Facts ==
== Some Facts ==
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The oldest complete [[Bible]]s are the [[Codex Vaticanus]] and the [[Codex Sinaiticus]].
The oldest complete [[Bible]]s are the [[Codex Vaticanus]] and the [[Codex Sinaiticus]].
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== See also ==
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*[[Date of the Gospel of John]]
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*[[Dead Sea Scrolls]]
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*[[The Gospels]]
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*[[Gospel of John]]
== External links ==
== External links ==
*[http://www.biblefacts.org/history/p52.html A Fragment of the Gospel of John]
*[http://www.biblefacts.org/history/p52.html A Fragment of the Gospel of John]
*[http://www.skypoint.com/members/waltzmn/ManuscriptsPapyri.html New Testament Manuscripts]
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*[http://www.library.manchester.ac.uk/specialcollections/collections/stjohnfragment/ An unpublished fragment of the fourth gospel] The John Rylands University Library, The University of Manchester.