The Long Ending of Mark and The Woman Caught in Adultery According To The Byzantine Text

[Van]

Again, as I have said, there are not "numerous endings," as you have said. There are only three, really, and the "shorter ending" is rejected by both sides, meaning that (once again) we leave the disciples frightened and trembling (neither of the "added" endings), or we have the resurrection of Christ and the Great Commission in the only ending that makes logical sense, the longer ending from the Byzantine textform.

To repeat, the numerous variations after verse 8 are found in post #11.

 

[Silverhair]

Since we do not have the autographs all we can do is make the best guess we can based on the information we have.

Except for vss17 & 18, which can lead to some errant views, I see no problem with the longer ending.

 

[John of Japan]

To repeat, the numerous variations after verse 8 are found in post #11.

I don't think you read Wallace's note, or if you did you didn't understand it. (No offense intended.) In Post 79 I break it down. I'll do so again.

1. Wallace thinks Mark 16 should end at v. 8 with the disciples terrified and trembling.

2. There is a shorter ending which Wallace quotes, but nobody really accepts that ending.

3.There is the longer ending of the Byzantine textform, which fits the genre of "Gospel" quite well.

So there are only three possible endings, yet you say "numerous." Here is the definition of "numerous" from Oxford: "great in number; many." (numerous definition - Google Search) How do you get "great in number" from three?

 

[Conan]

The Long Ending is not only in the Byzantine Text form, but also all independent, Western, and even other Alexandrian witnesses. 1650 or so manuscripts .