Explaining The Bible on Instagram: "Papyrus 52 (P⁵²), also known as the Rylands Library Papyrus P52 or the St. John’s fragment, is a small scrap of papyrus (about the size of a credit card, measuring 3.5 by 2.5 inches) discovered in Egypt and acquired by the John Rylands Library in Manchester, UK, in 1920. It is widely regarded as the earliest surviving fragment of the New Testament, containing portions of John 18:31–33 on the recto (front) and John 18:37–38 on the verso (back) in Greek script.