Text
The Greek text of the codex is a mixture of text-types. In Book of Acts it is a representative of the Western text-type. Kurt Aland did not place it in any Category. According to the Claremont Profile Method it represents the textual family Kx in Luke 1 and Luke 20. In Luke 10 it has a mixture of Byzantine families. It has some relationship to Π groups.
It has some unique readings.
- 1 Corinthians 2:14 it reads πνευματος (omit του θεου) along with 2, 216, 255, 330, 451, 823, 1827, and syrp.
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