Lessons from retranslated Gospel of Mark

Lessons learned from retranslated Gospel of Mark include:

• English translations fail to be as strong against addiction as the original:

• nearly all English translations omit the disparaging reference to gambling, by calling it the archaic "casting lots"
• nearly all English translations refer to wine in a favorable way, when it could be translated as grape juice

• the original Gospel of Mark has an intriguing ending where the women told no "man" of what they found at the empty tomb after the Resurrection
• the withering of the fig tree is recounted in a dramatic, captivating way
• the Multiplication of the loaves is recounted twice in a dramatic manner

See also

• Gospel of Mark (Translated)