Papyrus 59

{{New Testament manuscript infobox

| form = Papyrus

| number = 𝔓⁵⁹

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| name = P. Colt 3

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| text = John 1-2; 11-12; 17-18; 21 †

| script = Greek

| date = 7th century

| found = Egypt

| now at = Morgan Library & Museum

| cite = L. Casson, E. L. Hettich, Excavations at Nessana II, Literary Papyri (Princeton: 1946), pp. 79-122.

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| type = mixed

| cat = III

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Papyrus 59 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), signed by 𝔓⁵⁹, is a copy of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Gospel of John. The manuscript has been palaeographically assigned to the seventh century.{{Cite book

|last1=Aland

|first1=Kurt

|author-link=Kurt Aland

| last2 = Aland

| first2 = Barbara

| author-link2 = Barbara Aland

| others = Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.)

|title=The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism

|publisher=William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company

|year=1995

|location=Grand Rapids

|pages=99–100

|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2pYDsAhUOxAC

|isbn=978-0-8028-4098-1}}

; Contents

Gospel of John 1:26.28.48.51; 2:15-16; 11:40-52; 12:25.29.31.35; 17:24-26; 18:1-2.16-17.22; 21:7.12-13.15.17-20.23.

; Text

The Greek text of this codex is a mixed text-type. Aland placed it in Category III.

; Location

It is currently housed at the Morgan Library & Museum (P. Colt 3) in New York City.{{Cite web|url=http://intf.uni-muenster.de/vmr/NTVMR/ListeHandschriften.php?ObjID=10059|title= Liste Handschriften|publisher=Institute for New Testament Textual Research|access-date=26 August 2011|location=Münster}}