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The Westminster Study Edition of the Holy Bible (Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1948).
vv. 9-20 . This section is a later addition; the original ending of Mark appears to have been lost. The best and oldest manuscripts of Mark end with ch. 16:8. Two endings were added very early.
vv. 9-20 . This section is a later addition; the original ending of Mark appears to have been lost. The best and oldest manuscripts of Mark end with ch. 16:8. Two endings were added very early.
The Ending of Mark (Mark 16:9-20)
The word magoi often has the meaning of “magician”, in both Old and New Testaments (see Acts, viii, 9; xiii, 6, 8; also the Septuagint of Dar:., i, 20; ii, 2i 10, 27; iv, 4; v, 7, 11, 15). St. Justin (Tryph., lxxvui), Origen (Cels., I, lx), St. Augustine (Serm. xx, De epiphania) and St. Jerome (In Isa., xix, 1) find the same meaning in the second c... See more
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Lost In Transmission?: What We Can Know About the Words of Jesus (Discovery Bible Study Book)
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A classic example relating to the return of Christ is the way Daniel 9:26 is interpreted. Belief in a two-stage return of Christ requires this verse to be separated from its preceding verses by a time gap of at least 2,000 years. Yet the passage itself offers not a shred of evidence that it should be interpreted in this way!
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Mark 16:9-20 has been called a later addition to the Gospel of Mark by most New Testament scholars in the past century. The main reason for doubting the authenticity of the ending is that it does not appear in some of the oldest existing witnesses, and it is reported to be absent from many others in ancient times by early writers of the Church. Mor... See more
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Ancient Word, Changing Worlds: The Doctrine of Scripture in a Modern Age
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