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:::There are excellent reasons for including the Mark passages in question: [https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/was-mark-16-9-20-originally-mark-gospel/ Was Mark 16:9–20 Originally Part of Mark’s Gospel?]. So one can't be dogmatic about them not being Scripture. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 22:17, January 12, 2024 (EST)

:::There are excellent reasons for including the Mark passages in question: [https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/was-mark-16-9-20-originally-mark-gospel/ Was Mark 16:9–20 Originally Part of Mark’s Gospel?]. So one can't be dogmatic about them not being Scripture. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 22:17, January 12, 2024 (EST)

::::There is fascinating info in your link, such as its mention of a possible disrepancy between Mark 16:9 and Matthew 28:1 as to the timing of the first visit to the tomb.  But overall your link's analysis is incomplete, as explained in footnote 1 of [[Mark ending]] here:

::::There is fascinating info in your link, such as its mention of a possible disrepancy between Mark 16:9 and Matthew 28:1 as to the timing of the first visit to the tomb.  But overall your link's analysis is incomplete, as explained in footnote 1 of [[Mark ending]] here:

<blockquote>Renowned scholar Bruce Metzger explained that Clement of Alexandria and Origen in the early third century show no knowledge of the existence of these verses 9-20; Eusebius and Jerome confirm that the passage was absent from almost all Greek copies of Mark known to them. See Bruce Metzger, A Textual Commentary on the Greek New Testament (2d ed. Hendrickson Publishers, 2005). Also, the style of Greek is not Mark's, and the doubtful addition appears to copy closing sections of the Gospels of Matthew, Luke and John.</blockquote>--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] ([[User talk:Aschlafly|talk]]) 18:35, January 13, 2024 (EST)

::::<blockquote>Renowned scholar Bruce Metzger explained that Clement of Alexandria and Origen in the early third century show no knowledge of the existence of these verses 9-20; Eusebius and Jerome confirm that the passage was absent from almost all Greek copies of Mark known to them. See Bruce Metzger, A Textual Commentary on the Greek New Testament (2d ed. Hendrickson Publishers, 2005). Also, the style of Greek is not Mark's, and the doubtful addition appears to copy closing sections of the Gospels of Matthew, Luke and John.</blockquote>

::::--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] ([[User talk:Aschlafly|talk]]) 18:35, January 13, 2024 (EST)