ΛoΓia Ih∑oϒ. Sayings of Our Lord from an Early Greek Papyrus. Bernard P. Grenfell , Arthur S. Hunt

Shailer Mathews
1897 The Biblical World  
mentary by BERNARD P. GRENFELL, M.A., and ARTHUR S. HUNT, M.A. With two plates. Published for the Egypt Exploration Fund by Henry Frowde, Amen Corner, London. Pp. 20. Price 2s. Our readers have already had general information concerning the interesting discovery recently made by Messrs. Grenfell and Hunt of the Egypt Exploration Fund. Among several hundred papyri found in the rubbish heaps at Behnesa, the ancient Oxyrhynchus on the edge of the Libyan desert, i20 miles south of Cairo, was a
more » ... e leaf written on each side in Greek uncials and containing a number of sayings of Jesus. One page is decipherable without much loss or difficulty, while the other, though less distinct, is also intelligible in large part. The sayings are apparently eight, and are as follows: I. Ka. rrTE 8LafX•qI/tC iK/3aX Ev 7 KTpoO 7T iv 7T OaX/ 7.Lp TOy e.o O'OU. 2. Ae~yL 'Ibnoo%, •o 7. Alyc 'Ib1aovF, WdXLF pKO80p0L ET] cLKPOV [O]POVF vifOU qo0 KcL E0T 7pLy /.VV7 OUTE •rE[T]EL r ~VaVaL OVTE, Kpv[t ]VaL.
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