Papyrus 3

Papyrus 3, designated by (in the numbering Gregory-Aland), is a small fragment of fifteen verses from the Gospel of Luke dating to the 6th/7th century. It is formed part of a lectionary. It is dated palaeographically to the 6th or 7th century.

The Greek text-type of this codex is a mixed. Aland placed it in Category III.

Text
Luke 7:36


 * ΑΓΓ . . ΙΟ
 * ΤΟΝ Κ ̣̅ ΗΣου
 * ΤΟΝ̣Τ̣Ω̣ΝΦΣΡΙΣ̣
 * Ε̣Λ̣ΘΩΝΕ̣ΙΣΤ̣
 * ΙΕΙΔΟΥΓΥΝΗΗΤΙΣΗ
 * ΓΝΟΥΣΑΟΤΙ̣ΚΑΤΑΚ
 * ΣΑΑΛΑΒΑΣΤΡΟΝΜΥΡ̣
 * Ο̣ΔΑΣΑΥΤΟΥΚΛΑΣΙΟΥΣ̣
 * ΥΣΠΟΔΑΣΑΥΤΟΥ ΚΑΙ
 * ΕΞΕΜΑΞΕΝΚΑΙΚΑΤΕ
 * ΗΛΙΦΕΝ ΤΩΜΥΡΩ
 * ΑΣΑΥΤΟΝΕΙΠΕΝΕ . . . . ΤΩ
 * ΗΣΕΓΙΓΝΩΣΚΕΝΑΝΤ̣ΙΣΚΑΙΠΟΤΑΠ
 * ΤΑΙΑΥΤΟΥΟΤΙΑ.ΑΡΤΩΛΟ̣ΣΕΣΤΙΝ
 * ΕΙΠΕΝ Ο ΙΣ ΠΡΟΣ̣Α.Τ̣Ο̣Ν̣ΣΙΜΩΝ
 * ΔΕΔΕΔΑ . . . ΛΕΕΙ̣ΠΕΝΦΗΣΙΝΔΥΟ
 * ΤΙΝΙΟΕΙΣΩ
 * Η̣ΚΟΝ̣ΤΑΜΗ̣
 * ΤΟΤΙΣΟΥ
 * ΔΕΣΙΜΩ̣
 * Π̣ΕΝΑΥΤΩ̣
 * Ω̣Σ̣Ι̣ΜΩ

Luke 10:38


 * ΝΤΟΥΑΓΙΟυΛΟυΚΑ
 * . . . . . . ΚΩΜΗ̣
 * ΡΕΥΕΣΘΑΙΑΥΤΟΥ
 * ΘΕΝΕΙΣΚΩΜΗΝΤΙΝ

History
The text of the manuscript was published by Karl Wessely in 1882.

The manuscript is housed at the Austrian National Library (Pap. G. 2323).