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OLD GREEK MANUSCRIPT. OLDEST OF THE BIBLE. PREDATES CODEX SINAITICUS. (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) Received November 20, 10.30 a.m. LONDON, Nov. 19. A ragged piece of Greek manuscript, 3i inches, by 2 1-3 inches, found in a rubbish heap in Egypt is creating intense literary and religious interest. Acquired by the Ilylands Library, Manchester, it has been identified officially as the oldest manuscript of the Bible in any language. It is regarded as having been written half a century before the Codex Sinaiticus. Mr H. Guppy, the librarian of the Rylands Library, says it is the earliest witness of the Gospel of St. John and was probably written in the early part of the Second Century after Christ. The fragment contains only verses 31, 33, 37, and 38 of the eighteenth capter.
The Gospel varies slightly, but not materially, from the present version and probably came from the ancient city of Oxyrhynchus, where in 1897 a document giving new sayings of Jesus was found.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LV, Issue 303, 20 November 1935, Page 7
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167VALUABLE FIND Manawatu Standard, Volume LV, Issue 303, 20 November 1935, Page 7
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