By studying the style of the script and the strokes, all three of the expert scholars agreed that the fragment had been written in the first half of the second century C.E. ​ — just a few decades after the apostle John’s death!
Duke studiuar stilin e shkrimit dhe llojin e shkronjave, të tre ekspertët ranë dakord se papirusi ishte shkruar rreth vitit 125 të e.s, vetëm pak dekada pas vdekjes së apostullit Gjon.