by Chris Thomas | Jul 22, 2026
Passage: Mark 15:39Received reading: “Seeing that he thus cried out and gave up the ghost” (ὅτι οὕτω κράξας ἐξέπνευσεν).Principal competing reading: “Seeing that he thus breathed his last” (ὅτι οὕτως ἐξέπνευσεν).Editorial status: Preliminary record accepted for...
by Chris Thomas | Jul 22, 2026
Passage: Mark 16:1Received reading: “When the sabbath was past,” followed by Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome buying spices.Principal competing reading: Minor shortened forms omitting two names, the passing of the Sabbath, or adjusting the purchase...
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...
by Chris Thomas | Jul 22, 2026
Passage: Mark 16:9–20Received reading: The ending belongs to Mark and was received in the church’s public reading, including resurrection and ascension lections.Principal competing reading: The absence of regular Eusebian section numbers after verse 8 is taken as...
