Papyrus 8

Papyrus 𝔓8
New Testament manuscript
TextActs 4-6 †
Date4th century
ScriptGreek
FoundEgypt
Now atStaatliche Museen zu Berlin
CiteA. H. Salonius, Die griechischen Handschriftenfragmente des Neuen Testaments in den Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin, ZNW 26 (1927), 97–119
Size18.6 by 10.4 cm
TypeAlexandrian text-type
CategoryII

Papyrus 8 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), signed by 𝔓8 or α 8 (von Soden), is an early copy of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Acts of the Apostles, it contains Acts 4:31–37; 5:2–9; 6:1–6.8–15. The manuscript paleographically has been assigned to the 4th century.

The text is written in two columns per page, 25 lines per page.