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Uncial 0165 is a Greek

Greek language

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uncial

Uncial

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manuscript

Manuscript

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of the New Testament

New Testament

The New Testament is the second major division of the Christian biblical canon, the first such division being the much longer Old Testament....

, dated paleographically

Palaeography

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to the 5th century.

Description

The codex contains a small part of the Acts of the Apostles

Acts of the Apostles

The Acts of the Apostles , usually referred to simply as Acts, is the fifth book of the New Testament; Acts outlines the history of the Apostolic Age...

3:24-4:13,17-20, on one parchment leaf (19 cm by 16.5 cm). It is written in two columns per page, 32 lines per page, 18-19 letters per line, in very small uncial letters. It has some breathings and accents.

Text

Acts 3:24-26

[και των κα]θεξης

[οσοι ...]ναγγει

[λαν τας ημ]ερας ταυτας

[υμεις εστ]ε οι υιοι τω

[πρωφητων]και της δια

[θ]ηκη[σης]ησ διεθετο

προς τους πατερας ημω

[λ]εγων προς Αβρααμ και

τω σπερματι σου ενευλο

[γηθ]ησονται πασαι αι πα

τ[ριαι] της γης υμιν πρωτο

α[να]στησας ο θς τον παιδα

α[υτ]ου απεστειλεν αυτο

Acts 3:26-4:7

[ευλογο]θντας υμα[ς εν τω]

[αποστρεφειν εκαστον]

[απο των] πονηριων υμον

[λαλ]ουντων δε αυτων

[π]ρος τον λαον επεστη

[ς]αν αυτοι σοι ιερεις και ο

[στ]ρατηγος του ιερου και

[ου] σαδδουκαιοι διαπονου

μενοι δια το διδ[ασκ]ειν

[αυ]τους τον [λ]αον και κατ

[αγγε]λλει νεν Ιυ την ανα

[στ]ασιν των νεκρων και

[ε]πεβαλον αυτοις τας

χειρας και εθεντο ιες τη

[ρη]σιν την επαυριον ην

The Greek text of this codex

Codex

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is mixed with some the Western text-type

Western text-type

The Western text-type is one of several text-types used in textual criticism to describe and group the textual character of Greek New Testament manuscripts...

element. It occasional agrees with Codex Bezae

Codex Bezae

The Codex Bezae Cantabrigensis, designated by siglum Dea or 05 , δ 5 , is a codex of the New Testament dating from the 5th century written in an uncial hand on vellum. It contains, in both Greek and Latin, most of the four Gospels and Acts, with a small fragment of the 3 John...

(e.g. επαυριον in 4:3). Aland

Kurt Aland

Kurt Aland was a German Theologian and Professor of New Testament Research and Church History. He founded the Institut für neutestamentliche Textforschung in Münster and served as its first director for many years...

placed it in Category III.

History

Currently it is dated by the INTF to the 5th century.

The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by C. R. Gregory in 1909.

The codex currently is housed at the Berlin State Museums

Berlin State Museums

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(P. 13271) in Berlin

Berlin

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