Name P. Oxy. 4494 Sign P110 Text Gospel of Matthew 10:13-15,25-27 Date 200-250 C.E. Script Greek Found Oxyrhynchus, Egypt Now at Sackler Library Cite W. E. H. Cockle, OP LXV (1999), pp. 1-3 Size [22] x [12] cm Type Alexandrian text-type Category none Note unique readings in Matt. 10:14

Papyrus 110 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering; designated by P¹¹⁰) is a copy of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Gospel of Matthew, containing verses 10:13-15 & 10:25-27 in a fragmentary condition. The manuscript has been paleographically assigned by the INTF to the early 4th Century CE. Papyrologist Philip Comfort dates the manuscript to 200-250 C.E.[1] The manuscript is currently housed in the Papyrology Rooms of the Sackler Library at Oxford University, with the shelf number P. Oxy. 4494.[2]

Textual character: Though a small fragment, it concurs with UBS4/NA27 completely, with the exception that it does not include Matt. 21:44, thus making it the earliest witness to its exclusion. – Philip Wesley Comfort and David P. Barrett, THE TEXT OF THE EARLIEST NEW TESTAMENT MANUSCRIPTS: Papyri 75-139 and Uncials, Vol. 2 (English and Greek Edition) (Grand Rapids, MI: Kregel Academic, 2019), 148-9.

Date: first half of the third century; the editor, Cockle, notes the similarities between P110 and P45 (assigned to the second or early third century – see our introduction to P45) and to P. Flora. II 108 (which has a text from the Heronius archive on the verso, dated c. 260, making it no later than the mid-third century). In overall appearance, P110 resembles third-century manuscripts (note its similarity to P115). Philip Wesley Comfort and David P. Barrett, THE TEXT OF THE EARLIEST NEW TESTAMENT MANUSCRIPTS: Papyri 75-139 and Uncials, Vol. 2 (English and Greek Edition) (Grand Rapids, MI: Kregel Academic, 2019), 148-9.

Description of P¹¹⁰

The original manuscript would’ve been around 12 cm x 22 cm, with 40–43 lines per page. The handwriting script is representative of the Reformed Documentary or Professional (bookhand) style.[3] The Greek text of this fragment (and its parent codex) is considered to be representative of the Alexandrian text-type.[4]

Textual Variants in P110[5]

P¹¹⁰ has several unique readings in Matt 10:14.

• εξερχομενων υμων (as you are leaving) — This genitive absolute is a unique textual variant. All other witnesses have εξερχομενοι, a nominative plural participle, normally interpreted as Semitism for an imperative (Leave!). P¹¹⁰ specifies that the plurality of people leaving (εξερχομαι, literally ‘coming out’) is explicitly ‘all of you’ (υμας)—the disciples whom Jesus is addressing.
• πολεως η κωμης (city or village) — P¹¹⁰ agrees with Codex Sinaiticus (א), Minuscule 892, and Family 13 (f¹³). Other witnesses, including Codex Vaticanus (B) omit η κωμης.
• omit εκεινης (that) — P¹¹⁰ agrees with Codex Bezae (D) and Old-Latin manuscripts. The majority of witnesses include this feminine demonstrative, agreeing with two feminine nouns οικια (house) and πολις. (It would also agree with κωμη.)
• απο (from) — This is another unique variant. Codex Sinaiticus (א), Codex Ephraemi (C), Minuscule 33 and 892 have εκ. Codex Vaticanus and other manuscripts have no preposition, just the genitive case, normally interpreted as a genitive of separation.
• εκμαξατε (wipe) — This too is a unique variant, all other witnesses have εκτιναξατε (shake).[6]

Matthew 10:14 in P110	Matthew 10:14 in Editio Regia (1550)[7]	Matthew 10:14 in NA28
και ος εαν μη δεξηται υμας μηδε ακουση τους λογους εξερχομενων υμων εξω της οικιας η της πολεως η κωμης εκμαξατε τον κονιορτον απο των ποδων υμων.	και ος εαν μη δεξηται υμας μηδε ακουση τους λογους υμων, εξερχομενοι της οικιας η της πολεως εκεινης εκτιναξατε τον κονιορτον των ποδων υμων.	και ος αν μη δεξηται υμας μηδε ακουση τους λογους υμων, εξερχομενοι εξω της οικιας η της πολεως εκεινης εκτιναξατε τον κονιορτον των ποδων υμων.
And if anyone does not accept you nor listen to the words, as you leave, out of the house or the city or village, wipe the dust away from your feet.	And if anyone does not accept you nor listen to your words, leave that house or city, shake the dust from your feet.	And whoever does not accept you nor listen to your words, leave, out of that house or city, shake the dust from your feet.

10:25 (1) (word order)

επεκαλεσαν βεελζεβουλ: P^110c
βεελζεβουλ επεκαλεσαν: אc2, C, W, f¹³, 33, M, it, syh, co, Cyp

10:25 (a)

βεελσεβουλ: P^110*
βεελζεβουλ: P^110c, Θ, 0171, f¹ 700, 1424, L, N, pm
βεεζεβουλ: אc2, B, pc

10:25 (b)

επεκαλεσεν: P^110*
επεκαλεσαν: P^110c, אc2, B, C, W, f¹³, 33, M, it, syh, co, Cyp
επεκαλεσαντο: א*, L, N, pc
εκαλεσαν: Θ, 0171 f¹, 700, 1424, pm
καλουσιν: D

10:25 (2)

τοις: P^110*, B
τους: א, D, C, W, f¹³, M, it, syh, co

10:25 (3)

οικιοις: P^110*
οικιους: P^110c
οικιακοις: B
οικειακους: D
οικιακους: א, C, W, f¹³, M, it, syh, co

Further Reading

• Cockle, Walter E. H. The Oxyrhynchus Papyri. Volume 45. London: Egypt Exploration Society, 1999. Pages 1–3.

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[1] Philip Wesley Comfort and David P. Barrett, THE TEXT OF THE EARLIEST NEW TESTAMENT MANUSCRIPTS: Papyri 75-139 and Uncials, Vol. 2 (English and Greek Edition) (Grand Rapids, MI: Kregel Academic, 2019), 148-9.

[2] “Liste Handschriften”. Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved Sunday, July 19, 2020.

[3] Philip Wesley Comfort and David P. Barrett, THE TEXT OF THE EARLIEST NEW TESTAMENT MANUSCRIPTS: Papyri 75-139 and Uncials, Vol. 2 (English and Greek Edition) (Grand Rapids, MI: Kregel Academic, 2019), 148-9.

[4] Philip W. Comfort, Encountering the Manuscripts: An Introduction to New Testament Paleography & Textual Criticism, (Nashville, Tennessee: Broadman & Holman Publishers), 2005, p. 76.

[5] Taken from NA27 Edition Apparatus, and http://ntvmr.uni-muenster.de/nt-transcripts Archived Sunday, July 19, 2020 at the Wayback Machine

[6] Elliott, J. K. (2000). “Seven Recently Published New Testament Fragments from Oxyrhynchus”. Novum Testamentum. 42 (3): 210.

[7]

Editio Regia is the third and the most important edition of the Greek New Testament of Robert Estienne (1503-1559). It is one of the most important printed editions of the Greek New Testament in history, the Textus Receptus. It was named Editio Regia because of the beautiful and elegant Greek font it uses.