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The longer ending (3), though current in a variety of witnesses, some of them ancient, must also be judged by internal evidence to be secondary. (a) The vocabulary and style of verses 9-20 are non-Markan. (e.g. απιστεω, βλαπτω, βεβαιοω, επακολουθεω, θεαομαι, μετα ταυτα, πορευομαι, συνεργεω, υστερον are found nowhere else in Mark; and θανασιμον and ... See more
The Ending of Mark (Mark 16:9-20)
My point is that the genre itself is the problem. As long as Christian scholars insist that they are simply “describing” the theology that is really “in” the text itself, and they arrive at their conclusions using historical criticism, as long as the “meaning” they claim to “find” in the text is supposed to be also what the ancient author “intended
... See moreDale B. Martin • Biblical Truths: The Meaning of Scripture in the Twenty-first Century
Bruce Metzger, The Canon of the New Testament: its Origin, Development, and Significance (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1987), pp. 269-270.
... we may find it instructive to consider the attitude of Church Fathers toward variant readings in the text of the New Testament. On the one hand, as far as certain readings involve sensitive points of doctrine, t... See more
... we may find it instructive to consider the attitude of Church Fathers toward variant readings in the text of the New Testament. On the one hand, as far as certain readings involve sensitive points of doctrine, t... See more
The Ending of Mark (Mark 16:9-20)
