Papyrus 136
# Papyrus 136

Papyrus 136 (designated as $𝔓^{136}$ in the Gregory-Aland numbering system) is a small surviving portion of an early copy of part of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Acts. The text survives on a single fragment of a rotulus, the text on the verso being upside-down in relationship to the text on the recto. The manuscript has been assigned paleographically to the sixth century.

## Location

$𝔓^{136}$ is housed at the David M. Rubenstein Library, Duke University, Durham, NC in the United States.

## Textual Variants

* 4:27 According to the Smiths' reconstruction, it contains the majority reading εν τη πολει ταυτη (in this city) along with $𝔓^{45vid}$ 01 03 05 08 044 33 1241 1739, versus εν τη πολει σου ταυτη (in this your city) found in 02 (the phrase is absent in over 20 manuscripts, including 1 18 61 69 88 462 641 1241 1505).
* 4:28 According to the Smiths' reconstruction, it reads η βουλη (the counsel) along with 02* 03 08* 323 945 1175 1739 versus the majority reading η βουλη σου (your counsel) of 01 05 044 18 33 424 614 1241 1505.
* 4:30 It reads την χειρα σε εκτινειν ([your] hand you to be extending) with P74 02 1175, versus την χειρα σου εκτεινειν σε (your hand to be extending you) of most manuscripts; εκτεινειν την χειρα σου (to be extending your hand) of $𝔓^{45};$ την χειρα εκτεινειν σε ([your] hand to be extending you) of 03; and την χειρα σου εκτεινειν (your hand to be extending) of 05 08 044 33 323 945 1241 1739.
* 7:26 It reads ανδρες αδελφοι εστε (men, you are brothers) with $𝔓^{74}$ 01 02 03 04 08 044 323 945 1739 versus τι ποιειτε ανδρες αδελφοι (What are you doing, men, brothers?) of 05 and ανδρες αδελφοι εστε υμεις (men, YOU are brothers) of most manuscripts.
* 7:28 A corrector added the missing εκθες to produce the reading εχθεσ τον αιγυπτιον as in $𝔓^{74}$ 01 03* 04 (05 has αιχθεσ τον αιγυπτιον) 1175, versus τον αιγυπτιο¯ χθεσ of 02 and the majority reading χθεσ τον αιγυπτιον. All of these are variant ways of expressing the meaning of "yesterday."
* 7:30a Along with 05, it abbreviates the number 'forty' as overlined μ, which is usually spelled out as either τεσσερακοντα, as in $𝔓^{74}$ 01 02 03* 04f 104 1003 1175, or as τεσσαρακοντα, as in 08 044 18 33 81 323 424 614 945 1241 1505 1739 and most other manuscripts.
* 7:30b It retains the character sequence ν πυρ, which indicates that while in pristine condition, it did not read εν φλογι πυρος (in a flame of fire) with the majority of manuscripts; the Smiths reconstruct the reading as εν πυρι φλογος (in a fire of flame), as found in 02 04.
