Ancient Biblical PAPYRI containing portions of the Gospel of John:
(click on the hyperlinks for some images and further information)

The Three Oldest Johannine Papyri:

• P52 - John Rylands Papyrus 457 (2nd century) - see also K. C. Hanson's informative page on P52

• preserves a portion of John 18:31-33, 37-38;  the oldest surviving fragment of the entire NT!

• P90 - Oxyrhynchus Papyrus 3523 (2nd century) - a larger but badly damaged old piece of papyrus

• contains some words from John 18:36--19:7, but not much of the text is preserved

• P66 - Papyrus Bodmer II (around 200 C.E.) - see also Timothy Seid's interesting page on P66

• contains most of John's Gospel:  1:1--6:11; 6:35--14:26, 29-30; 15:2-26; 16:2-4, 6-7, 16:10--20:20, 22-23, 20:25--21:9

Twelve More Papyri from the Third Century:

• Older Oxyrhynchus Discoveries:   P5,   P22,   P28,   P39

• Other Very Significant Papyri:

• P45 - preserves significant portions of all four Gospels and the Acts of the Apostles

• P75 - has the end of Luke and beginning of John on the same page!

• P80, P95 - two smaller fragments, containing a few verses of John only

• Newer Oxyrhynchus Fragments:   P106, P107, P108, P109

Twelve More Papyri from the Fourth to Seventh Centuries:

• P2,  P6,  P36,  P44,  P55,  P59,  P60,  P63,  P76,  P84,  P93

Complete List of Papyri containing portions of the Fourth Gospel:
 

Papyrus Number	Date / Century	Location / Inventory Number	Biblical Contents [with non-Johannine texts in brackets]
P2	VI	Florence, Museo Archeologico, Inv. 7134	John 12:12-15
P5	III	London, British Library, Inv. 782 + 2484; P. Oxy. 208 + 1781	John 1:23-31, 33-40; 16:14-30; 20:11-17, 19-20, 22-25
P6	IV	Strasbourg, Bibliothèque Nationale, Pap. copt. 379, 381, 382, 384	John 10:1-2, 4-7, 9-10; 11:1-8, 45-52
P22	III	Glasgow, University Library, Ms. Gen. 1026/13; P. Oxy. 1228	John 15:25--16:2, 21-32
P28	III	Berkeley, Pacific School of Religion, Palestine Institute Museum, Pap. 2; P. Oxy. 1596	John 6:8-12, 17-22
P36	VI	Florence, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana; PSI 3	John 3:14-18, 31-32, 34-35
P39	III	Rochester, Colgate Rochester Divinity School, Ambrose Swasey Library, Inv. 8864; P. Oxy. 1780	John 8:14-22
P44	VI/VII	New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Inv. 14.1.527	[parts of Mt 17, 18, 25]; John 9:3-4; 10:8-14; 12:16-18
P45	III	Dublin, Chester Beatty Library, P. Chester Beatty I; Vienna, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Pap. G. 31974	[parts of Mt 20--26; Mc 4--12; Lc 6--14]; John 4:51, 54; 5:21, 24; 10:7-25, 30-42; 11:1-10, 18-36, 42-57;  [also parts of Acts 4--17]
P52	II	Manchester, J. Rylands University Library, Gr. P. 457	John 18:31-33, 37-38
P55	VI/VII	Vienna, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Pap. G. 26214	John 1:31-33, 35-38
P59	VII	New York, Pierpont Morgan Library; P. Colt 3	John 1:26, 28, 48, 51; 2:15-16; 11:40-52; 12:25, 29, 31, 35; 17:24-26; 18:1-2, 16-17, 22; 21:7, 12-13, 15, 17-20, 23
P60	VII	New York, Pierpont Morgan Library; P. Colt 4	John 16:29-30, 32-33; 17:1-6, 8-9, 11-15, 18-25; 18:1-2, 4-5, 7-16, 18-20, 23-29, 31-37, 39-40; 19:2-3, 5-8, 10-18, 20, 23-26
P63	ca. 500	Berlin, Staatliche Museen, Inv. 11914	John 3:14-18; 4:9-10
P66	ca. 200	Cologny, Bibliothèque Bodmer; P. Bodmer II;  Dublin, Chester Beatty Library, P. Chester Beatty s.n.; Cologne, Institut für Altertumskunde, Inv. Nr. 4274/4298	John 1:1--6:11; 6:35--14:26, 29-30; 15:2-26; 16:2-4, 6-7, 16:10--20:20, 22-23, 20:25--21:9
P75	III	Cologny, Bibliothèque Bodmer; P. Bodmer XIV, XV	[starts with much of Luke 3--18; then Luke 22:4--24:53 continues immediately with John 1:1--11:45, 48-57; 12:3--13:10; 14:8--15:10
P76	VI	Vienna, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Pap. G. 36102	John 4:9, 12
P80	III	Barcelona, Fundación S. Lukas Evangelista, P. Barc. 83	John 3:34
P84	VI	Louvain, Bibliothèque de l'Université, P. A. M. Kh. Mird 4. 11. 26. 27	[some bits of Mark 2 & 6];  John 5:5; 17:3, 7-8
P90	II	Oxford, Ashmolean Museum 65 6 B. 32/M (3-5)a; P. Oxy. 3523	John 18:36--19:7
P93	V	Florence, Istituto Papirologico "G. Vitelli", PSI inv. 108	John 13:15-17
P95	III	Florence, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, PL II/31	John 5:26-29, 36-38
P106	III	Oxford, Ashmolean Museum; P. Oxy. 4445	John 1:29-35, 40-46
P107	III	Oxford, Ashmolean Museum; P. Oxy. 4446	John 17:1-2, 11
P108	III	Oxford, Ashmolean Museum; P. Oxy. 4447	John 17:23-24, 18:1-5
P109	III	Oxford, Ashmolean Museum; P. Oxy. 4448	John 21:18-20, 23-25

This table is based on the Appendix of NA-27 (Nestle-Aland's Novum Testamentum Graece, 27th ed.), with some additional texts from the list by Wieland Willker.

Papyri containing portions of the Johannine Epistles:
 

Papyrus Number	Date /  Century	Location / Inventory Number	Biblical Contents
P9	III	Cambridge (MA), Harvard University, Semitic Museum, Inv. 3736; P. Oxy. 402	1 John 4:11-12, 14-17
P74	VII	Cologny, Bibliothèque Bodmer; P. Bodmer XVII	[parts of Acts 1--28; James 1--5; 1Peter 1--3; 2Peter 2--3]; 1 John 1:1, 6;  2:1-2, 7, 13-14, 18-19, 25-26;  3:1-2, 8, 14, 19-20;  4:1, 6-7, 12, 16-17;  5:3-4, 9-10, 17;  2 John 1, 6-7, 12-13;  3 John 6, 12; [also parts of Jude 1]

Ancient Biblical MANUSCRIPTS important for Johannine Studies:

The hyperlinks below show images of the beginning of the Gospel of John, and some also of the end of Luke, in the corresponding manuscript. These images and further explanations are from the "Interpreting Ancient Manuscripts Web".

• Codex Sinaiticus (Aleph) - 4th century

• Codex Vaticanus (B) - 4th century

• Codex Alexandrinus (A) - 5th century

• Codex Bezae Cantabrigiensis (D) - 5th century

• Codex Washingtonensis (W) - 5th century

Online RESOURCES for New Testament Papyri and Manuscripts:

• Interpreting Ancient Manuscripts Web - an excellent introductory overview, containing sections on "Paleography, Manuscript Transmission, Modern Critical Text, Textual Criticism, Exercise in Textual Criticism, Glossary, and Table of Greek Manuscripts"; by Dr. Timothy W. Seid, South Dartmouth, MA.

• Catalogue of New Testament Papyri & Codices (2nd—10th Centuries) - website by K. C. Hanson, Fortress Press

• Complete List of Greek NT Papyri - great information compiled by Wieland Willker, University of Bremen

• Duke Papyrus Archive - large site, from the Special Collections Library at Duke University

• POXY: Oxyrhychus Papyri Online! - large and informative site about Oxyrhynchus, the place and the texts