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 15:39Received 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 15:34Received reading: “Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani,” followed by “My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?”Principal competing reading: Forms beginning “Eli, Eli,” often assimilated to Matthew, with spelling and word-order variants in the...
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: 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:...
