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VAR-2058 · Variant · Preliminary

Adverse entailment established

Mark 16:9–14 — Mary Magdalene, the Appearances, and the Unbelief of the Eleven

The first half of the ending presents three reports met by unbelief: Mary Magdalene, two walking disciples, and finally Christ’s appearance to the Eleven.

Verification
Passage, principal readings, and stated editorial comparison checked against Scrivener’s received Greek text and the SBLGNT apparatus; exhaustive manuscript collation remains open. Metzger commentary entries were matched by exact passage where present; ECM/CBGM rationale is passage-specific only when an official editorial explanation is cited. Ledger rows are identified as UBS6 / intended NA29 data but retain their row-level verification caveats pending direct collation. Supplied-source audit completed in Core 0.6.3. Accepted local notes were matched by canonical passage and manually bounded; source claims remain attributed where current apparatus verification is pending.
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Level B — Editorial synthesis
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VAR-2059 · Variant · Preliminary

Adverse entailment established

Mark 16:15–18 — The Great Commission, Baptism, Belief, and the Promised Signs

The commission joins worldwide preaching, belief, baptism, and apostolic signs. Its warnings must be read grammatically and canonically, not turned into mechanical baptismal salvation or ritual snake handling.

Verification
Passage, principal readings, and stated editorial comparison checked against Scrivener’s received Greek text and the SBLGNT apparatus; exhaustive manuscript collation remains open. Metzger commentary entries were matched by exact passage where present; ECM/CBGM rationale is passage-specific only when an official editorial explanation is cited. Ledger rows are identified as UBS6 / intended NA29 data but retain their row-level verification caveats pending direct collation. Supplied-source audit completed in Core 0.6.3. Accepted local notes were matched by canonical passage and manually bounded; source claims remain attributed where current apparatus verification is pending.
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Level B — Editorial synthesis
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VAR-2060 · Variant · Preliminary

Adverse entailment established

Mark 16:19–20 — The Ascension, the Apostolic Preaching, and the Closing “Amen”

Mark closes with the ascended Lord enthroned, the disciples preaching everywhere, and the Lord confirming the word. The received text ends with “Amen”; many critical witnesses omit the final seal.

Verification
Passage, principal readings, and stated editorial comparison checked against Scrivener’s received Greek text and the SBLGNT apparatus; exhaustive manuscript collation remains open. Metzger commentary entries were matched by exact passage where present; ECM/CBGM rationale is passage-specific only when an official editorial explanation is cited. Ledger rows are identified as UBS6 / intended NA29 data but retain their row-level verification caveats pending direct collation. Supplied-source audit completed in Core 0.6.3. Accepted local notes were matched by canonical passage and manually bounded; source claims remain attributed where current apparatus verification is pending.
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Level B — Editorial synthesis
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VAR-2055 · Variant · Preliminary

Adverse entailment established

Mark 16:9–20 V — The Freer Logion: Why One Expansion Does Not Discredit the Received Ending

Codex Washingtonianus inserts a unique dialogue after verse 14, often called the Freer Logion. The expansion is secondary evidence within a manuscript that otherwise transmits the longer ending.

Verification
Passage, principal readings, and stated editorial comparison checked against Scrivener’s received Greek text and the SBLGNT apparatus; exhaustive manuscript collation remains open. Metzger commentary entries were matched by exact passage where present; ECM/CBGM rationale is passage-specific only when an official editorial explanation is cited. Ledger rows are identified as UBS6 / intended NA29 data but retain their row-level verification caveats pending direct collation. Supplied-source audit completed in Core 0.6.3. Accepted local notes were matched by canonical passage and manually bounded; source claims remain attributed where current apparatus verification is pending.
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Level B — Editorial synthesis
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VAR-2056 · Variant · Preliminary

Adverse entailment established

Mark 16:9–20 VI — Vocabulary and Style: Is the Long Ending Really Non-Markan?

Critics identify several words and constructions in verses 9–20 not used elsewhere by Mark. Burgon counters that a short resurrection summary brings new subject matter and is too small a sample for mechanical authorship tests.

Verification
Passage, principal readings, and stated editorial comparison checked against Scrivener’s received Greek text and the SBLGNT apparatus; exhaustive manuscript collation remains open. Metzger commentary entries were matched by exact passage where present; ECM/CBGM rationale is passage-specific only when an official editorial explanation is cited. Ledger rows are identified as UBS6 / intended NA29 data but retain their row-level verification caveats pending direct collation. Supplied-source audit completed in Core 0.6.3. Accepted local notes were matched by canonical passage and manually bounded; source claims remain attributed where current apparatus verification is pending.
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Level B — Editorial synthesis
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VAR-2050 · Variant · Preliminary

No adverse entailment · agrees with the received text

Mark 16:1 — When the Sabbath Was Past: The Women, the Spices, and the Opening of the Resurrection Account

The received and principal critical texts agree on the passed Sabbath, the three women, and their purchase of spices. A narrow Western stream simplifies the names or timing.

Verification
Passage, principal readings, and stated editorial comparison checked against Scrivener’s received Greek text and the SBLGNT apparatus; exhaustive manuscript collation remains open. Metzger commentary entries were matched by exact passage where present; ECM/CBGM rationale is passage-specific only when an official editorial explanation is cited. Ledger rows are identified as UBS6 / intended NA29 data but retain their row-level verification caveats pending direct collation.
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Level B — Editorial synthesis
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VAR-2051 · Variant · Preliminary

Adverse entailment established

Mark 16:9–20 I — The Manuscript Case for the Last Twelve Verses

The last twelve verses are absent from a small but important group headed by Vaticanus and Sinaiticus, yet present in the overwhelming majority of Greek copies and in major early codices from other textual streams.

Verification
Principal Greek ending forms, named major codices, and Burgon’s 1871 manuscript claim checked against the cited sources. Current exhaustive numerical cataloging remains open. Metzger commentary entries were matched by exact passage where present; ECM/CBGM rationale is passage-specific only when an official editorial explanation is cited. Ledger rows are identified as UBS6 / intended NA29 data but retain their row-level verification caveats pending direct collation. Supplied-source audit completed in Core 0.6.3. Accepted local notes were matched by canonical passage and manually bounded; source claims remain attributed where current apparatus verification is pending.
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Level B — Editorial synthesis
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VAR-2052 · Variant · Preliminary

Adverse entailment established

Mark 16:9–20 II — The Fathers and Ancient Versions before the Great Uncials

Irenaeus quotes Mark 16:19 in the second century, and the ending circulated widely in early versions. Possible allusions in Papias and Justin must be distinguished from direct citation.

Verification
Irenaeus is treated as direct citation; Papias and Justin are labeled possible allusions. Versional evidence is summarized by tradition rather than converted into an unsupported manuscript count. Metzger commentary entries were matched by exact passage where present; ECM/CBGM rationale is passage-specific only when an official editorial explanation is cited. Ledger rows are identified as UBS6 / intended NA29 data but retain their row-level verification caveats pending direct collation. Supplied-source audit completed in Core 0.6.3. Accepted local notes were matched by canonical passage and manually bounded; source claims remain attributed where current apparatus verification is pending.
Review
Level B — Editorial synthesis
Open controlled record