by Chris Thomas | Jul 22, 2026
Passage: Mark 9:44–46Received reading: The refrain appears three times, at verses 44, 46, and 48.Principal competing reading: Verses 44 and 46 are omitted, leaving the refrain only once at verse 48.Editorial status: Preliminary record accepted for staging; independent...
by Chris Thomas | Jul 22, 2026
Passage: Mark 14:22–24Received reading: “Take, eat” and “This is my blood of the new testament.”Principal competing reading: “Take” and “This is my blood of the covenant,” omitting “eat” and “new.”Editorial status: Preliminary record accepted for staging; independent...
by Chris Thomas | Jul 22, 2026
Passage: Mark 15:28Received reading: The full fulfillment citation, “And he was numbered with the transgressors.”Principal competing reading: Omission of Mark 15:28.Editorial status: Preliminary record accepted for staging; independent review remains pending.“And the...
by Chris Thomas | Jul 22, 2026
Passage: Mark 16:9–20Received reading: Mark continues from 16:8 through 16:20, the traditional or longer ending.Principal competing reading: The Gospel ends at 16:8; other witnesses supply a shorter ending, both endings, or an expanded form.Editorial status:...
by Chris Thomas | Jul 22, 2026
Passage: Mark 16:9–20Received reading: The patristic and versional record recognizes Mark 16:9–20 well before or beyond the two fourth-century omission codices.Principal competing reading: Claims that no early father knew the passage, or that all pre-medieval versions...
