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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
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.
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}}.
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>
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.
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
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