Papyrus 4

It is one of the earliest manuscripts (along with 𝔓75)[1] of the Gospel of Luke and contains extensive sections of its first six chapters.

[2] It is currently housed in the Bibliothèque nationale de France (Suppl.

It contains texts of Luke: 1:58-59; 1:62-2:1; 2:6-7; 3:8-4:2; 4:29-32, 34-35; 5:3-8; 5:30-6:16 The Greek text-type of this codex is a representative of the Alexandrian.

[6] Apparently this account was incorrect, however, as the fragments were actually found stashed between pages of the codex of Philo, not in the binding.

[2] Comfort and Barret also show that 𝔓4 and 𝔓64+67 have affinities with a number of late 2nd century papyri.

Fragment of a flyleaf with the title of the Gospel of Matthew , ευαγγελιον κ̣ατ̣α μαθ᾽θαιον (euangelion kata Maththaion). Dated to late 2nd or early 3rd century, it is the earliest manuscript title for Matthew and one of the earliest manuscript titles for any gospel (along with John 's 𝔓 66 and 𝔓 75 ).