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Early manuscripts of the [[Gospel of Mark]] have a variety of endings, which reinforces the likelihood that there were improper additions to this Gospel.

Early manuscripts of the [[Gospel of Mark]] have a variety of endings, which reinforces the likelihood that there were improper additions to this Gospel.

== Implausible ending ==

== Unlikely ending as to meaning ==

The final words in many manuscripts of Mark 16:8 are “ἐφοβοῦντο γάρ,” meaning “for they were afraid.”  But it is implausible that the bold [[Gospel of Mark]] originally ended that way.  Most scholars have recognized that implausibility, but rather than remove this implausible ending they instead use it to argue for inclusion of another unlikely ending, Mark 16:9-20, which is not even in the earliest manuscripts of [[Codex Sinaiticus]] and [[Codex Vaticanus]].

The final words in many manuscripts of Mark 16:8 are “ἐφοβοῦντο γάρ,” meaning “for they were afraid.”  But it is implausible that the bold [[Gospel of Mark]] originally ended that way.  Most scholars have recognized that implausibility, but rather than remove this implausible ending they instead use it to argue for inclusion of another unlikely ending, Mark 16:9-20, which is not even in the earliest manuscripts of [[Codex Sinaiticus]] and [[Codex Vaticanus]].