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== Omissions ==

There is very little that is omitted in this early text compared with the [[Codex Vaticanus]] and [[Codex Sinaiticus]]. The omissions, listed below, raise a potential issues for further investigation as to their authenticity as found in later manuscripts (the longest omissions are in bold below):

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*'''John 6:12-35a'''

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*'''John 6:12-35a''' (23.5 verses)

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*John 14:27-28, 31

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*John 14:27-28, 31 (3 verses)

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*John 15:1, 27

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*John 15:1, 27 (2 verses)

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*John 16:1, 5, 8-9

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*John 16:1, 5, 8-9 (3 verses)

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*John 20:21, 24

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*John 20:21, 24 (2 verses)

*John 21, of which is omitted: '''John 21:10-11, 13-16, 18-25'''

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Aside from the disputable John 21, only 33.5 verses out of a total of 854 verses in this very early Egyptian manuscript are not in the [[Gospel of John]] chapters 1-20. Less than 5% of later manuscripts is missing in this very early manuscript discovered hundreds of miles away in [[Egypt]]. This is a remarkable independent confirmation of the authenticity and preserved integrity of the [[Gospel of John]].

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== Date Estimates ==

A superb online analysis of this manuscript provides the following dates by biblical experts:<ref>https://christianpublishinghouse.co/2019/12/30/papyrus-66-p66-one-of-the-earliest-available-papyri/</ref>

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