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VAR-0003 · Variant · Preliminary

Adverse canonical and preservation entailment established

Mark 16:9–20: The Longer Ending

Did Mark end at 16:8, or do the resurrection appearances, commission, ascension, and apostolic conclusion in verses 9–20 belong?

Verification
Recovered project data; bibliographic and source-level verification remains record-specific. 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. Core 0.6.6 audited the distinction between visible printing, local wording, and canonical status against the complete 527-card corpus and the official NA28 Mark 16 display.
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Level B — Editorial synthesis
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VAR-2029 · Variant · Preliminary

Adverse entailment established

Mark 8:35 — “For My Sake and the Gospel’s”: Is the Gospel Clause Authentic?

The received and principal critical texts include both loyalties: Christ and the gospel. A limited variant omits the gospel clause, often under influence from the shorter Synoptic parallels.

Verification
All 169 edition-change rows were reconciled to the controlled workbook and grouped into 154 canonical verse cards. TR and Authorized Version full-verse texts were attached from the project’s Scrivener/KJV sources. Row-level TR alignment is machine-assisted and manually overridden where the unit was known to require address-level judgment; printed NA29-apparatus review and independent witness collation remain open. Metzger notes are exact-verse matches to his earlier UBS4 commentary and are not represented as explanations of later ECM decisions.
Review
Level B — Editorial synthesis
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VAR-2020 · Variant · Preliminary

Adverse entailment established

Mark 6:22 — Herodias’s Daughter or Herod’s Daughter Herodias?

The received reading identifies the dancer as Herodias’s own daughter. A difficult critical form can be read as Herod’s daughter named Herodias, conflicting with the narrative’s next identification.

Verification
All 169 edition-change rows were reconciled to the controlled workbook and grouped into 154 canonical verse cards. TR and Authorized Version full-verse texts were attached from the project’s Scrivener/KJV sources. Row-level TR alignment is machine-assisted and manually overridden where the unit was known to require address-level judgment; printed NA29-apparatus review and independent witness collation remain open. Metzger notes are exact-verse matches to his earlier UBS4 commentary and are not represented as explanations of later ECM decisions.
Review
Level B — Editorial synthesis
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VAR-2012 · Variant · Preliminary

No adverse entailment · agrees with the received text

Mark 3:32 — “Thy Brethren and Thy Sisters”: Does the Reference to the Sisters Belong?

Some witnesses tell Jesus that his mother, brothers, and sisters are outside. The received text mentions only his mother and brothers, agreeing with the family’s arrival and Jesus’ reply.

Verification
All 169 edition-change rows were reconciled to the controlled workbook and grouped into 154 canonical verse cards. TR and Authorized Version full-verse texts were attached from the project’s Scrivener/KJV sources. Row-level TR alignment is machine-assisted and manually overridden where the unit was known to require address-level judgment; printed NA29-apparatus review and independent witness collation remain open. Metzger notes are exact-verse matches to his earlier UBS4 commentary and are not represented as explanations of later ECM decisions.
Review
Level B — Editorial synthesis
Open controlled record

VAR-2010 · Variant · Preliminary

No adverse entailment · agrees with the received text

Mark 3:14 — “Whom He Also Named Apostles”: Addition or Omission?

The Textus Receptus moves from the appointment of the Twelve directly to their purpose. Many witnesses insert “whom he also named apostles,” the exact naming clause found in .

Verification
All 169 edition-change rows were reconciled to the controlled workbook and grouped into 154 canonical verse cards. TR and Authorized Version full-verse texts were attached from the project’s Scrivener/KJV sources. Row-level TR alignment is machine-assisted and manually overridden where the unit was known to require address-level judgment; printed NA29-apparatus review and independent witness collation remain open. Metzger notes are exact-verse matches to his earlier UBS4 commentary and are not represented as explanations of later ECM decisions.
Review
Level B — Editorial synthesis
Open controlled record

VAR-2002 · Variant · Preliminary

No adverse entailment · agrees with the received text

Mark 1:2 — “In the Prophets” or “in Isaiah the Prophet”? The Opening Citation

Mark introduces a composite citation with either “in the prophets” or “in Isaiah the prophet.” The difference forces a question about quotation formulas, not about whether Scripture contains an error.

Verification
All 169 edition-change rows were reconciled to the controlled workbook and grouped into 154 canonical verse cards. TR and Authorized Version full-verse texts were attached from the project’s Scrivener/KJV sources. Row-level TR alignment is machine-assisted and manually overridden where the unit was known to require address-level judgment; printed NA29-apparatus review and independent witness collation remain open. Metzger notes are exact-verse matches to his earlier UBS4 commentary and are not represented as explanations of later ECM decisions. 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

VAR-2001 · Variant · Preliminary

No adverse entailment · agrees with the received text

Mark 1:1 — “Jesus Christ, the Son of God”: Does the Full Title Belong?

The opening line of Mark varies at its final title. The question is not whether Mark presents Jesus as God’s Son, but whether “the Son of God” stood in the Gospel’s first sentence.

Verification
All 169 edition-change rows were reconciled to the controlled workbook and grouped into 154 canonical verse cards. TR and Authorized Version full-verse texts were attached from the project’s Scrivener/KJV sources. Row-level TR alignment is machine-assisted and manually overridden where the unit was known to require address-level judgment; printed NA29-apparatus review and independent witness collation remain open. Metzger notes are exact-verse matches to his earlier UBS4 commentary and are not represented as explanations of later ECM decisions. 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

VAR-2057 · Variant · Preliminary

Adverse entailment established

Mark 16:8–9 — “For They Were Afraid”: Does the Transition Require a Lost Ending?

Verse 8 ends with the women’s fear and the particle “for”; verse 9 begins a new resurrection paragraph with Jesus as the understood subject. The transition is abrupt but intelligible.

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.
Review
Level B — Editorial synthesis
Open controlled record

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.
Review
Level B — Editorial synthesis
Open controlled record

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.
Review
Level B — Editorial synthesis
Open controlled record

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.
Review
Level B — Editorial synthesis
Open controlled record

VAR-2053 · Variant · Preliminary

Adverse entailment established

Mark 16:9–20 III — Lectionaries, Eusebian Sections, and Ecclesiastical Reception

Lectionaries read portions of the ending at Easter and Ascension, while early Eusebian section systems often stop at verse 8. These are different kinds of evidence and should not be forced into one verdict.

Verification
Burgon’s lectionary argument and the absence of standard Eusebian sections after are treated as distinct evidence. His liturgical-endpoint account is explicitly classified as hypothesis. 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

VAR-2054 · Variant · Preliminary

Adverse entailment established

Mark 16:9–20 IV — The So-Called Shorter Ending: Rival Conclusion or Secondary Summary?

A compact “shorter ending” says the women reported to Peter and that Jesus sent the proclamation from east to west. Most Greek witnesses that contain it also continue with verses 9–20.

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.
Review
Level B — Editorial synthesis
Open controlled record

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.
Review
Level B — Editorial synthesis
Open controlled record

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.
Review
Level B — Editorial synthesis
Open controlled record

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.
Review
Level B — Editorial synthesis
Open controlled record

VAR-2052 · Variant · Preliminary

Adverse entailment established

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

Irenaeus quotes 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

VAR-2049 · Variant · Preliminary

Adverse entailment established

Mark 15:39 — What Did the Centurion See When He Confessed the Son of God?

The received text says the centurion saw how Jesus cried out and expired. The critical form omits the cry and says he saw how Jesus breathed his last.

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.
Review
Level B — Editorial synthesis
Open controlled record

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.
Review
Level B — Editorial synthesis
Open controlled record

VAR-2045 · Variant · Preliminary

Adverse entailment established

Mark 14:22–24 — “Take, Eat” and “My Blood of the New Testament”: The Supper Text

The received Supper text includes “eat” after “take” and calls the cup Christ’s blood of the new covenant/testament. The critical form omits both “eat” and “new.”

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.
Review
Level B — Editorial synthesis
Open controlled record

VAR-2046 · Variant · Preliminary

Adverse entailment established

Mark 14:30, 68, 72 — Once or Twice? The Cock-Crowing Text and Peter’s Denial

Mark’s received sequence predicts two crowings, records the first after Peter’s initial denial, and marks the second after the third. Some witnesses simplify the account to a single crowing in agreement with the other Gospels.

Verification
The three linked variation units at , and 72 were checked as one narrative system against Scrivener and principal critical apparatus notes; full witness 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.
Review
Level B — Editorial synthesis
Open controlled record

VAR-2047 · Variant · Preliminary

Adverse entailment established

Mark 15:28 — “He Was Numbered with the Transgressors”: Is the Fulfilled Prophecy Authentic?

The received text explicitly applies to Jesus crucified between two thieves. The critical text omits the whole verse as a likely import from .

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.
Review
Level B — Editorial synthesis
Open controlled record

VAR-2048 · Variant · Preliminary

Adverse entailment established

Mark 15:34 — Eloi, Eli, or Another Form? The Cry of Dereliction in Greek Transmission

The Aramaic cry appears in many spellings: Eloi or Eli, lama or lema, and several forms of sabachthani. Mark’s Greek interpretation remains stable enough to govern the meaning.

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.
Review
Level B — Editorial synthesis
Open controlled record

VAR-2041 · Variant · Preliminary

Adverse entailment established

Mark 11:26 — “Neither Will Your Father Which Is in Heaven Forgive Your Trespasses”

The received text balances the command to forgive with a negative warning. The critical text omits the entire verse, usually treating it as assimilation to .

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.
Review
Level B — Editorial synthesis
Open controlled record