John Rylands Fragment

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.

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.

Some Facts

• Current Location: John Rylands Library, Manchester, England.
• Date of Acquisition: 1920.
• Acquirer: Bernard P. Grenfell.
• Approximate Date: c. 125–150 AD.
• Language: Greek.

... This was to fulfill the word which Jesus had spoken to show by what death he would die. Pilate entered the praetorium again and called Jesus, and said to him, "Are you the king of the Judeans?"

The oldest complete Bibles are the Codex Vaticanus and the Codex Sinaiticus.

See also

• The Gospels
• Gospel of John
• Dead Sea Scrolls

External links

• A Fragment of the Gospel of John
• New Testament Manuscripts
• An unpublished fragment of the fourth gospel The John Rylands University Library, The University of Manchester.