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OXYRHYNCHUS 840 Oxyrhynchus 840, found in 1905, is a single small Vellum Parchment leaf with 45 lines of text written on both sides in a tiny neat hand that dates it to the 4th century. In his introduction in ''The Complete Gospels'', Philip Sellew notes that this fragment was likely a Talisman text, kept as an Amulet , perhaps worn around the neck. The text itself has been dated to the first half of the second century. Sellew calls it "similar to the New Testament gospels in its style and tone." The fragment contains sections of a narrative unparalleled in any other known gospel tradition, though Jesus's title as "s, to whom Jesus reponds "But I and disciples , whom you say have not wa we [have wa shed in waters of li [eternal co ming from ..." OXYRHYNCHUS 1224 Oxyrhynchus 1224 consists of two small Papyrus fragments from the late 3rd or early 4th century. J. Dominic Crossan notes the mutilated condition in his introduction to the fragmentary text in ''The Complete Gospels'' resulting in highly conjectural reconstructions of the text, which, however, "does not seem to be dependent on the New Testament gospels.... As an independent gospel, it belongs, insofar as its fragmentary state allows us to see, not with discourse gospels involving the risen Jesus (e.g., the '' Secret Book Of James '' and the '' Gospel Of Mary ''), but with sayings gospels involving the earthly Jesus (e.g., Q Document and the '' Gospel Of Thomas ''). Crossan suggests that the document might have been written as early as the mid-first century. Text of Oxyrhynchus 1224 Fragment 1: recto 139 01 . . . in everything 02 . . . . Truly, 03 say to you . . . Fragment 1: verso 01 he will . . . . You . . . 02 . . . 03 . . . Fragment 2: recto, col. ii 1 {Link without Title} 01 It weighed me down. And {Link without Title} 02 ing a vis[ion , Jesus [said,] 03 "Why are you dis For not [ . . . 04 but the [ . . . 05 . . . Fragment 2: verso, col. i 174 01 . . . "you [sai]d, although you are not answer- 02 What then did you W[h at 03 the ne[w doct [that they say 04 te[ach, or what is the new [b]a[ptism] 05 you proclaim? Ans wer and . . . Fragment 2: verso, col. ii {Link without Title} 01 When the scribes an Pharisees 02 and priests sa hi m, 03 they were angry with sin ners 04 (right in the middle of them) was reclining. 05 But when Jesus heard, he said, 06 "Those who are ha ve need 07 a physician . . . Fragment 2: recto, col. ii {Link without Title} 76 01 . . . a nd p[r]ay for 02 your {Link without Title} mies. For the one who is not 03 yo u is for you. 04 one who i s far away [today], tomorrow 05 will be you and in 06 . . . the advers[ary] 07 . . . EXTERNAL LINKS
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