title: Papyrus 3
text: # Papyrus 3
  
  Papyrus 3, designated by $𝔓^3$ (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 ̣̅ $ΗΣο^υ$
      ΤΟΝ̣Τ̣Ω̣ΝΦΣΡΙΣ̣
      Ε̣Λ̣ΘΩΝΕ̣ΙΣΤ̣
      ΙΕΙΔΟΥΓΥΝΗΗΤΙΣΗ
      $ΓΝΟΥΣΑΟΤΙ̣ΚΑΤ^ΑΚ$
      ΣΑΑΛΑΒΑΣΤΡΟΝΜΥΡ̣
      Ο̣ΔΑΣΑΥΤΟΥΚΛΑΣΙΟΥΣ̣
      $ΥΣΠΟΔΑΣΑ^ΥΤΟΥ$ ΚΑΙ
      ΕΞΕΜΑΞΕΝΚΑΙΚΑΤΕ
      ΗΛΙΦΕΝ ΤΩΜΥΡΩ
      ΑΣΑΥΤΟΝΕΙΠΕΝΕ . . . . ΤΩ
      ΗΣΕΓΙΓΝΩΣΚΕΝΑΝΤ̣ΙΣΚΑΙΠΟΤΑΠ
      ΤΑΙΑΥΤΟΥΟΤΙΑ.ΑΡΤΩΛΟ̣ΣΕΣΤΙΝ
      ΕΙΠΕΝ Ο ΙΣΠΡΟΣ̣Α.Τ̣Ο̣Ν̣ΣΙΜΩΝ
      ΔΕΔΕΔΑ . . . ΛΕΕΙ̣ΠΕΝΦΗΣΙΝΔΥΟ
      ΤΙΝΙΟΕΙΣΩ
      Η̣ΚΟΝ̣ΤΑΜΗ̣
      ΤΟΤΙΣΟΥ
      ΔΕΣΙΜΩ̣
      Π̣ΕΝΑΥΤΩ̣
      Ω̣Σ̣Ι̣ΜΩ
  
  Luke 10:38
  
      $ΝΤΟΥΑΓΙΟ^υΛΟ^υΚΑ$
         . . . . . . 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).
  
  