::::<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> | ::::<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> |