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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 '''Fulfillment of Scriptures''' is a concept repeated in three of the [[Gospels]], but only once in the [[Gospel of Mark]].
The '''Fulfillment of Scriptures''' is a concept repeated in three of the [[Gospels]], but only once in the [[Gospel of Mark]].
The fulfillment of [[Scriptures]] is a concept of little or no interest to the [[Gentiles]], such as the early [[Greek]] converts to [[Christianity]]. [[Mark]]'s lack of interest in the concept probably reflects his own [[Roman]] background.
The fulfillment of [[Scriptures]] is a concept of little or no interest to the [[Gentiles]], such as the early [[Greek]] converts to [[Christianity]]. [[Mark]]'s lack of interest in the concept probably reflects his own [[Roman]] background. Mark's only use of Scriptures was to quote how Jesus mentioned Scriptures in arguing against the [[Pharisees]], who relied heavily on their interpretation of Scriptures while opposing Jesus.
== Gospel of Mark ==
== Gospel of Mark ==
The [[Gospel of Mark]] mentions [[Scriptures]] only 3 times:
The [[Gospel of Mark]] mentions [[Scriptures]] only 3 times, and all 3 times were quotes of [[Jesus]] as he rebuked [[Jewish]] leaders (typically [[Pharisees]]):
*{{bibleref|Mark|12|10|version=ESV}} Have you not read this Scripture: “‘The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone;
*{{bibleref|Mark|12|10|version=ESV}} Have you not read this Scripture: “‘The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone;
*{{bibleref|Mark|12|24}} Jesus said to them, “Is this not the reason you are wrong, because you know neither the Scriptures nor the power of God?
*{{bibleref|Mark|12|24|version=ESV}} Jesus said to them, “Is this not the reason you are wrong, because you know neither the Scriptures nor the power of God?
*{{bibleref|Mark|14|49}} Day after day I was with you in the temple teaching, and you did not seize me. But let the Scriptures be fulfilled.”
*{{bibleref|Mark|14|49|version=ESV}} Day after day I was with you in the temple teaching, and you did not seize me. But let the Scriptures be fulfilled.”
A forgery at {{bibleref|Mark|15|28}} was inserted into later manuscripts of the [[Gospel of Mark]] to try to bolster its very few number of references to [[Scriptures]], and this verse is not in the [[Codex Vaticanus]] or other early manuscripts. Nearly all modern English translations completely omit verse 28 or include it only in brackets:
“And the scripture was fulfilled, which saith, And he was numbered with the transgressors,” ([[KJV]]).
=== Analysis ===
Of the three authentic references above, the first two are expressly presented as responses by [[Jesus]] to his opponents, who would pretend to rely on Scriptures. That is the same as hoisting someone on his own petard, as [[Shakespeare]] famously said.
That leaves Mark 14:49 as the only outright embrace of a fulfillment of Scriptures in the [[Gospel of Mark]], and it does not stand as a complete sentence as it is in the similar rendition in the [[Gospel of Matthew]] at {{bibleref|Matthew|26|56}}.
The Greek at {{bibleref|Mark|14|49}} is incomplete: πληρωθῶσιν αἱ γραφαί, which literally (and incompletely in grammar) means "fulfilled the writing." Every English translation of this phrase adds multiple words, as in "But let the scriptures be fulfilled."<ref>https://tips.translation.bible/tip_verse/mark-1449/</ref>
Some versions do not translate the word as "Scriptures", but as "prophecies" or "holy writings" or even as "Tanakh".<ref>https://www.biblegateway.com/verse/en/Mark%2014:49</ref>
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 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
*the phrase does not fit well in the context
*Mark, as a Roman or Gentile, was generally unconcerned about the fulfillment of Scripture
== References ==
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