tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199206538968620120.post7263110922719080515..comments2023-11-18T13:49:53.177-07:00Comments on Ministerial Mutterings: Looking Ahead to March 27, 2016 -- Easter SundayRevGordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02097575486388725733noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199206538968620120.post-59181893293184273102016-03-28T07:30:00.520-06:002016-03-28T07:30:00.520-06:00"Although various manuscripts add endings to ..."Although various manuscripts add endings to Mark (including 16:9-20, best known from the KJV)," -- <br /><br />Who is feeding you this nonsense? Let's put the evidence in focus:<br /><br />Number of Greek manuscripts in which the text of Mark ends at 18:8: three.<br /><br />Number of Greek manuscripts with the Shorter Ending, followed by 16:9-20 (accounting for damage): six.<br /><br />Number of Greek manuscripts with Mark 16:9-20, plus an interpolation between verse 14 and verse 15: one.<br /><br />Number of Greek manuscripts with Mark 16:9-20: over 1,640.<br /><br />"Is it preposterous that Mark deliberately ended his Gospel at 16:8?"<br /><br />After solidly foreshadowing a post-resurrection meeting? Yes; that's preposterous. Or, to use the word used by Hort back in 1881, "impossible." <br />James Snapp Jrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09493891380752272603noreply@blogger.com