Mark 14:1-9 - Revision of the Textus Receptus

The gospel according to Mark

Chapter 14

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1. ην δε το πασχα και τα αζυμα μετα δυο ημερας και εζητουν οι αρχιερεις και οι γραμματεις πως αυτον εν δολω κρατησαντες αποκτεινωσιν It was now two days before the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread, and the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how they might seize him by deception and kill him.

2. ελεγον δε μη εν τη εορτη μηποτε θορυβος εσται του λαου But[1] they said, “Not during the feast, lest there be a riot among the people.”

3. και οντος αυτου εν βηθανια εν τη οικια σιμωνος του λεπρου κατακειμενου αυτου ηλθεν γυνη εχουσα αλαβαστρον μυρου ναρδου πιστικης πολυτελους και συντριψασα το[2] αλαβαστρον κατεχεεν αυτου κατα[3] της κεφαλης And while he was at Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at the table, a woman came having an alabaster box of ointment of pure nard—very costly. And[4] breaking the alabaster box, she poured it over his head.

4. ησαν δε τινες αγανακτουντες προς εαυτους και λεγοντες[5] εις τι η απωλεια αυτη του μυρου γεγονεν But there were some who were indignant among themselves, and said, “Why has this waste of the ointment been made?

5. ηδυνατο γαρ τουτο το μυρον πραθηναι επανω τριακοσιων δηναριων και δοθηναι τοις πτωχοις και ενεβριμωντο αυτη For this ointment[6] might have been sold for more than three hundred denarii and given to the poor.” So, they were scolding her.

6. ο δε ιησους ειπεν αφετε αυτην τι αυτη κοπους παρεχετε καλον εργον ειργασατο[7] εν εμοι[8] But Jesus said, “Leave her alone. Why do you trouble her? She has done a good work for me.

7. παντοτε γαρ τους πτωχους εχετε μεθ εαυτων και οταν θελητε δυνασθε αυτους[9] ευ ποιησαι εμε δε ου παντοτε εχετε For you always have the poor with you, and whenever you want, you can do them good. But you will not always have me.

8. ο εσχεν[10] αυτη[11] εποιησεν προελαβεν μυρισαι μου το σωμα εις τον ενταφιασμον She has done what she could. She has anointed my body beforehand for burial.

9. Αμην δε[12] λεγω υμιν οπου εαν[13] κηρυχθη το ευαγγελιον τουτο εις ολον τον κοσμον και ο εποιησεν αυτη λαληθησεται εις μνημοσυνον αυτης Truly I say to you, wherever this[14] gospel is preached in the whole world, what this woman has done will also be spoken of for a memorial of her.”

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[1] NA-Text reads “For”.

[2] NA-Text reads “την” (feminine instead of neuter).

[3] NA-Text omits “κατα” (over).

[4] NA-Text omits “And”.

[5] NA-Text omits “and said”

[6] NA-Text and Vg-St add “ointment”, which is supported by codices א, A, B, C, D, K, L, U, W, Δ, Π, Ψ, both families of manuscripts ƒ¹ and ƒ¹³, old Latin, the Sahidic Coptic, Origen and Bede. The omission is supported by codices E, F, G, H, M, S, V, X, Γ, minuscules 22, 157, the Byzantine manuscripts, the old Latin codices it^c and it^k the Peshitta, the Bohairic Coptic, the Gothic version and Theophylact. This word has to be adopted in this text, because the evidence shows that it cannot be in Matthew 26:9 and here at the same time. As the evidence was on the side of the non-inclusion in Matthew, it is on the side of the inclusion here. The Greek text and the translation have been adjusted following the NA-Text.

[7] NA-Text reads “ηργασατο”, same verbal tense spelled differently.

[8] NA-Text, M-Text, WPF³⁵ and PT read “εν εμοι”, which is supported by codices א, B, D, Θ (ενε εμοι) and Theophylact. The Greek text has been corrected accordingly.

[9] NA-Text reads “αυτοις” (dative instead of accusative).

[10] NA-Text, M-Text, WPF³⁵ and PT read “εσχεν” (second aorist instead of imperfect), which is supported by codices א, B, D, Θ and Theophylact. The Greek text has been corrected accordingly.

[11] NA-Text omits “αυτη”.

[12] NA-Text and M-Text (Hodges-Farstad text only) add “δε” (and), which is supported by codices א, B, D, part of the Byzantine manuscripts and Theophylact. The omission is supported by codex Θ and part of the Byzantine manuscripts. This conjunction may have been missed by visual homoieoarcton in some transmission lines (ΔΕ ΛΕΓW, thus missing “And”). It has been added to the Greek text and kept silent in the translation, following the NA-Text and the M-Text.

[13] NA-Text and M-Text reads “εαν”, which is supported by codices א, B, Θ and the Byzantine manuscripts. The TR is supported by codex D and Theophylact. The support for “εαν” is better. The Greek text has then been adjusted accordingly.

[14] NA-Text omits “this” and renders “the gospel”.

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Notes:

1. Text in red letters are places where the original reading in the Textus Receptus has been revised and corrected;

2. The English translation used as a reference is the WEB brought to conformity as literal as possible to the Textus Receptus. The end product though is not the WEB or a revised WEB and it should not be called WEB. The content of this post is freely available to everyone and it is not supposed to be copyrighted;

3. TR: Textus Receptus. This text is not copyrighted;

4. NA-Text: Nestle-Aland text commonly known as critical text;

5. M-Text: Majority Text;

6. Vg-St: Vulgate of Stuttgart;  

7. WPF³⁵: Wilbur Pickering-family 35;

8. PT: Patriarchal Text, also known as Patriarchal Greek New Testament, published by the ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople.

9. The creator of the variant apparatus available in the VarApp kindly gave me permission to freely use the information contained in the material he put together.

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