Mark 16:9–20
The last twelve verses of Mark are in nearly every Greek manuscript of the Gospel, among them Codex Alexandrinus, Codex Ephraemi, Codex Bezae, and Codex Washingtonianus of the fifth century, and in the early Latin, Syriac, Coptic, and Gothic translations. Irenaeus quotes verse 19 as Mark’s about AD 180.
The King James Bible
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Now when Jesus was risen early the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven devils.
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And she went and told them that had been with him, as they mourned and wept.
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And they, when they had heard that he was alive, and had been seen of her, believed not.
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After that he appeared in another form unto two of them, as they walked, and went into the country.
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And they went and told it unto the residue: neither believed they them.
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Afterward he appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat, and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not them which had seen him after he was risen.
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And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.
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He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.
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And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues;
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They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.
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So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God.
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And they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following. Amen.
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Greek Manuscripts
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Checked against: Scrivener 1894
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Codex Washingtonianus W 032With a further saying added after verse 14.Checked against: CNTR transcription
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Codex Alexandrinus A 02Checked against: Scrivener 1894
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Checked against: Scrivener 1894
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Codex Bezae D 05Its first hand breaks off at verse 15; a later hand supplies the rest.Checked against: Scrivener 1894
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Minuscule 33 33Checked against: Scrivener 1894
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Among them minuscule 69.Checked against: Scrivener 1894
Early Translations
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Old Latin itAll Old Latin manuscripts with Mark’s ending but one.Checked against: Scrivener 1894
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Curetonian Syriac syr cVerses 17–20 survive in its one manuscript; the leaf before is lost.Checked against: Scrivener 1894
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Bohairic Coptic cop boChecked against: Scrivener 1894
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Gothic gothVerses 9–12 survive; the rest of the manuscript is lost.Checked against: Scrivener 1894
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Checked against: Scrivener 1894
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Syriac Peshitta syr pChecked against: Scrivener 1894
Church Fathers
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Alludes to it
“His apostles, going forth from Jerusalem, preached everywhere”
Echoes verse 20, “they went forth, and preached every where.”Checked against: ANF 1 -
“So then, after the Lord Jesus had spoken to them, He was received up into heaven, and sits on the right hand of God”
Quoting verse 19 as from “the conclusion of his Gospel” by Mark.Checked against: ANF 1 -
“This shall be the sign for those that believe; they shall speak with new tongues and shall cast out demons”
Also quotes verses 16 and 18.Checked against: NPNF2 13
Printed Greek Texts with This Reading
- Textus Receptus · The Greek text the KJV was translated from, as Scrivener printed it (1894)
- Majority Text · The Byzantine text, read by the great majority of Greek manuscripts (Robinson and Pierpont, 2005)
Quotations from the Ante-Nicene and Nicene Fathers translations. Edition data from the Translators Amalgamated Greek NT, STEPBible.org (CC BY). About these texts and witnesses.
