Uncial 083 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 31 ( Soden), is a Greek

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of the

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, dated paleographically to the 6th/7th century. The codex now is located at the

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(Gr. 10) in

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The manuscript contains a small part of the

Gospel of John The Gospel of John () is the fourth of the New Testament's four canonical Gospels. It contains a highly schematic account of the ministry of Jesus, with seven "Book of Signs, signs" culminating in the raising of Lazarus (foreshadowing the ...

1:25-41; 2:9-4:14,34-49, on 6 parchment leaves (28 by 26 cm). The text is written in two columns per page, 25 lines per page, in large uncial letters. It has no accents, breathings, or punctuation. The text is divided according to the Ammonian Sections, with a references to the

Eusebian Canons Eusebian canons, Eusebian sections or Eusebian apparatus, also known as Ammonian sections, are the system of dividing the four Gospels used between late antiquity and the Middle Ages. The divisions into Chapters and verses of the Bible, chapters ...

. The Old Testament quotations are marker on the margin by inverted comma (>>). Currently it is dated by the

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to the 6th or 7th century. It came from the same codex as manuscript ''Uncial 0112''. It contains

Gospel of Mark The Gospel of Mark is the second of the four canonical Gospels and one of the three synoptic Gospels, synoptic Gospels. It tells of the ministry of Jesus from baptism of Jesus, his baptism by John the Baptist to his death, the Burial of Jesus, ...

14:29-45; 15:27-16:8, and the shorter Markan ending on 4 leaves. It was found by

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. Harris published its text. It is now located at the

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, Sinai Harris (12, 4 ff.). From the same codex as manuscript ''Uncial 0235''. It contains

13:12-14.16-19.21-24.26-28 on 1 leaf (fragments). The fragment is located now in the

(O. 149) in

Text

The Greek text of this

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is a representative of the

Alexandrian text-type In textual criticism of the New Testament, the Alexandrian text-type is one of the main text types. It is the text type favored by the majority of modern textual critics and it is the basis for most modern (after 1900) Bible translations. Over 5,8 ...

, with some alien readings.

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placed it to Category II. It contains Mark 15:28. In John 1:28 it has textual variant Βηθαβαρα together with the manuscripts C² K, Ψ, 0113, ''f''¹, ''f''¹³ and Byz. Other manuscripts have βηθανια. In John 3:12 it has textual variant πιστευετε (you believe) – instead of πιστευσετε (you will believe) – together with the manuscripts

Papyrus 75 Papyrus 75 (formerly Papyrus Bodmer XIV– XV, now Hanna Papyrus 1), is an early Greek New Testament manuscript written on papyrus containing text from the Gospel of Luke 3:18–24:53, and John 1:1–15:8. It is designated by the siglum in the ...

and

Uncial 050 Uncial 050 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), Cι1 ( von Soden), is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament, written on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 9th century. Formerly it was labelled by O or We. Descriptio ...

.NA26, p. 253.

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Uncial 083
at the Wieland Willker, "Textual Commentary" * {{DEFAULTSORT:Uncial 0083 Greek New Testament uncials 6th-century biblical manuscripts National Library of Russia collection

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