# Papyrus 90

Papyrus 90, also known as P. Oxy. L 3523, is a small fragment from the Gospel of John 18:36-19:7. It is designated by the siglum 𝔓$^{90}$ in the Gregory-Aland numbering of New Testament manuscripts. Using the study of comparative writing styles (palaeography), it has been assigned to the late 2nd century CE.

## Description

The papyrus is written on both sides, indicating this was likely a codex (the precursor to the modern book). It is currently housed at the Sackler Library (Papyrology Rooms, P. Oxy. 3523) in Oxford.

## Text

The Greek text of this codex is considered a representative of the Alexandrian text-type. Due to its early date, Biblical scholar Kurt Aland placed it in Category I of his New Testament classification system.
Papyrologist and biblical scholar Philip W. Comfort says "𝔓$^{90}$ has [close] textual affinity with 𝔓$^{66}$ ... [and] some affinity with Codex Sinaiticus (א)."

### Transcription of Papyrus Manuscript

Letters in Bold are extant in the manuscript. Gospel of John 18:36-19:1 (recto)
   BAΣIΛEIA H EMH OI YΠHPETAI OI EMOI HΓΩNIZONTO AN INA MH ΠAPAΔOΘΩ TOIΣ IOYΔAIOIΣ NYN ΔE H BAΣIΛEIA H EMH OYK EΣTIN ENTEYΘEN EIΠEN OYN AYTΩ O ΠEIΛATOΣ OYKOYN BAΣI- ΛEYΣ ΣY EI AΠEKPIΘH O IΣE ΣY ΛEΓEIΣ OTI BAΣIΛEYΣ EIMI EΓΩ EIΣ TOYTO
   ΓEΓENNHMAI KAI EIΣ TOYTO EΛHΛYΘ- A EIΣ TON KOΣMON INA MAPTYPH- ΣΩ TH AΛHΘEIA ΠAΣ O ΩN EK THΣ AΛHΘEIAΣ AKOYEI MOY THΣ ΦΩNHΣ ΛEΓEI AYTΩ O ΠEIΛATOΣ TI EΣTIN AΛHΘEIA KAI TOYTO EIΠΩN ΠAΛIN EΞHΛΘEN ΠPOΣ TOYΣ IOYΔAIOYΣ KAI ΛEΓEI AYTOIΣ EΓΩ OYΔEMIAN EYPIΣKΩ EN AYTΩ AITIAN EΣTIN ΔE ΣYNHΘEIA YMEIN INA ENA AΠ- OΛYΣΩ YMEIN EN TΩ ΠAΣXA BOYΛE- ΣΘE OYN INA AΠOΛYΣΩ YMIN TON BAΣIΛEA TΩN IOYΔAIΩN EKPAYΓ- AΣAN OYN ΠAΛIN ΛEΓONTEΣ MH TOYTON AΛΛA TON BAPABBAN HN DE O BAPABBAΣ ΛHΣTHΣ TOTE OYN ΛABΩN O ΠEIΛATOΣ TON IΣE KAI EMA-
   basileia ē emē oi upēretai oi emoi
   ēgōnizonto an ina mē paradothō
   tois ioudaiois nun de ē basileia ē
   emē ouk estin enteuthen eipen
   oun autō o peilatos oukoun basi- leus su ei apekrithē o ise su legeis
   oti basileus eimi egō eis touto gegennēmai kai eis touto elēluth- a eis ton kosmon ina marturē- sō tē alētheia pas o ōn ek tēs
   alētheias akouei mou tēs phōnēs
   legei autō o peilatos ti estin
   alētheia kai touto eipōn palin
   exēlthen pros tous ioudaious
   kai legei autois egō oudemian
   euriskō en autō aitian estin
   de sunētheia umien ina ena ap- olusō umien en tō pascha boule- sthe oun ina apolusō umin ton
   basilea tōn ioudaiōn ekraug- asan oun palin legontes mē
   touton alla ton barabban ēn
   de o barabbas lēstēs tote oun
   labōn o peilatos ton ise kai ema-
   kingdom, my servants for me would fighteth, so that I would not be delivered unto the Jews: but now this kingdom of
   mine is not from hence. Said therefore to him Pilate, "Then a king thou art?" answered Jesus, "Thou said that king I am. For this I
   have been born, and for this I have come into the world, so that I would testify to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth hears of me my voice." Said to him Pilate, "What is
   truth?" And this having said, again he went out unto the Jews and said to them, "I do not find in him guilt.There is,
   though, a custom for you, that I should release unto you one at the Passover: do you wish then that I would release unto you the King of the Jews?" They cried out so again, saying, "Not this man, but Barabbas!" Now Barabbas was a robber. Then therefore Pilate took Jesus, and
Gospel of John 19:1-7 (verso)
   ΣTIΓΩΣEN KAI OI ΣTPATIΩTAI ΠΛE- ΞANTEΣ ΣTEΦANON EΞ AKANΘΩN EΠEΘHKAN AYTOY TH KEΦAΛH KAI IMATION ΠOPΦYPOYN ΠEPIEBA- ΛON AYTON KAI HPXONTO ΠPOΣ AY- TON KAI EΛEΓON XAIPE O BAΣIΛEY- Σ TΩN IOYΔAIΩN KAI EΔIΔOΣAN AY- TΩ PAΠIΣMATA EΞHΛΘEN ΠAΛIN O ΠEIΛATOΣ KAI LEΓEI AYTOIΣ IΔE AΓΩ YMIN AYTON EΞΩ INA ΓNΩ- TE OTI AITIAN EN AYTΩ OYX EYPIΣ- KΩ EΞHΛΘEN OYN O IΣE EΞΩ ΦOP- ΩN TON AKANΘINON ΣTEΦANON KAI TO ΠOPΦYPOYN IMATION KAI ΛEΓEI AYTOIΣ IΔOY O ANΘPΩΠOΣ OTE OYN EIΔON AYTON OI APXIEPEIΣ KAI OI YΠHPETAI EKPAZAN LEΓON- TEΣ ΣTAYPΩΣON AYTON ΛEΓEI AY- TOIΣ O ΠEIΛATOΣ ΛABETE YMEIΣ AYTON KAI ΣTAYPΩΣATE EΓΩ ΓAP OYX EYPIΣKΩ EN AYTΩ AITIAN AΠEKPIΘHΣAN OI IOYΔAIOI HMEIΣ NOMON EXOMEN KAI KATA TON
   stigōsen kai oi stratiōtai ple- xantes stephanon ex akanthōn epethēkan autou tē kephalē kai imation porphuroun perieba- lon auton kai ērchonto pros au- ton kai elegon chaire o basileu- s tōn ioudaiōn kai edidosan au- tō rapismata exēlthen palin o peilatos kai legei autois ide agō umin auton exō ina gnō- te oti aitian en autō ouch euris- kō exēlthen oun o ise exō phor- ōn ton akanthinon stephanon kai to porphuroun imation kai legei autois idou o anthrōpos ote oun eidon auton oi archeireis kai oi upēretai ekrazan legon- tes staurōson auton legei au- tois o peilatos labete umeis auton kai staurōsate egō gar ouch euriskō en autō aitian apekrithēsan oi ioudaioi ēmeis nomon echomen kai kata ton
   scourged him. And the soldiers having woven a crown of thorns, they put it on his head, and a robe of purple they put around him, and they did come to him, and they said "Hail, King of the Jews!" and they gave him blows with their hands. And went forth again Pilate, and said unto them, "Behold, I bring him to you forth, so that you may know that fault in him I do not find." Came forth then Jesus without, wearing the crown of thorns, and the purple robe. And Pilate saith unto them, "Behold the man!" When they so saw him, the chief priests and officers cried out, saying, "Crucify him!" Saith unto them Pilate, "Take ye
   him, and crucify him: for I do not find in him guilt." Answered the Jews, "We have a law, and according to that