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1 | Was it complete? | Bible general Archive 1 | Morant61 | 54054 | ||
Greetings Grace and Truth! I know that you are aware that there is no "Bible" in the sense that there is one standard text handed down in complete form throughout the centuries. What we have are thousands of copies of the originals. These copies, while they agree 99.99 percent of the time, differ at some points. Mark 16:9-20 is one of those points. Is Mark 16:9-20 in my published translation? Yes, with footnotes indicating that it was not in the original autograph of Mark! Is it in many Greek manuscripts? Yes, but many also include information about it being added and not being in the original copies. Is it in the earliest manuscripts? No, even many of the early church fathers testify that it was not in the early greek copies. So, why is it missing in the earliest manuscripts? Why do so many copies which do contain it include notes identify it as a spurious addition? Why are there four different endings in the various copies of Mark? These questions have to be addressed my friend. You can't simply ignore them! :-) Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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2 | Was it complete? | Bible general Archive 1 | Hank | 54089 | ||
Tim, there you have it, the sagacious words so typical of your correspondent: since "someone thought" that the disputed verses that end Mark's gospel should be in there, let's treat them like other Scripture. So I suppose it would be all right to include "The Pledge of Allegiance" in the Bible so long as "someone thought" it would be all right. And the Declaration of Independence. And the Boy Scout Oath. And a few verses from the Koran and Book of Mormon just for variety and balance. But we should include only the additions that "someone thought" would be all right. And, I suppose, with these additions of what "someone thought," we must therefore accept them as inspired Holy Writ lest "someone" brand us as heretics at best, infidels at worst :-) BTW, you don't happen to know the name of "someone thought" do you? --Hank | ||||||