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καί (pronounced kahee) is the most common conjunction in the [[New Testament]], but it is never used in an adversative manner:  it never means "however" or "but".<ref>https://biblehub.com/greek/2532.htm</ref>  Yet that is how it is used in this doubtful phrase at the end of Mark 16:8, adversative to the command preceding it that the women "tell Peter and the disciples of Jesus" that Jesus will visit them.

καί (pronounced kahee) is the most common conjunction in the [[New Testament]], but it is never used in an adversative manner:  it never means "however" or "but".<ref>https://biblehub.com/greek/2532.htm</ref>  Yet that is how it is used in this doubtful phrase at the end of Mark 16:8, adversative to the command preceding it that the women "tell Peter and the disciples of Jesus" that Jesus will visit them.

== uncharacteristic use of the concept of fear by Mark ==

== Uncharacteristic use of the concept of fear by Mark ==

[[Mark]] uses variations on the Greek word for fear -- ἐφοβοῦντο -- about a dozen time through his Gospel, but none of his other uses are about any women being afraid of [[Jesus]].  Rather, the [[Gospel of Mark]] is notably for its boldness, and for describing the fear by [[Herod]], [[Pharisee]]s and others in positions of power of Jesus and the people.

[[Mark]] uses variations on the Greek word for fear -- ἐφοβοῦντο -- about a dozen time through his Gospel, but none of his other uses are about any women being afraid of [[Jesus]].  Rather, the [[Gospel of Mark]] is notably for its boldness, and for describing the fear by [[Herod]], [[Pharisee]]s and others in positions of power of Jesus and the people.