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→Analysis: it's very similar to {{bibleref|Mark|15|28|version=KJV}}, which all modern translations recognize as a forged verse and exclude it
The sentence is not clear as to whether it is a quote of [[Jesus]] or a commentary by Mark, which further raises issues as to whether it was inserted into the manuscript. But the [[Codex Sinaiticus]], one of the earliest manuscripts, contains this phrase.
The sentence is not clear as to whether it is a quote of [[Jesus]] or a commentary by Mark, which further raises issues as to whether it was inserted into the manuscript. But the [[Codex Sinaiticus]], one of the earliest manuscripts, contains this phrase.
Five reasons to consider this phrase not to be authentic include:
*it's grammatically incomplete, as a terse insertion added later would be
*it's grammatically incomplete, as a terse insertion added later would be
*it's very similar to {{bibleref|Mark|15|28|version=KJV}}, which all modern translations recognize as a forged verse and exclude it
*it's unclear who said it, which is inconsistent of the style of Mark
*it's unclear who said it, which is inconsistent of the style of Mark
*the phrase does not fit well in the context
*the phrase does not fit well in the context