Mark 15:16-20 - Revision of the Textus Receptus

The gospel according to Mark

Chapter 15

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16. οι δε στρατιωται απηγαγον αυτον εσω της αυλης ο εστιν πραιτωριον και συγκαλουσιν ολην την σπειραν And the soldiers led him away within the court, which is the Praetorium, and they called together the whole cohort. 17. και ενδυουσιν[1] αυτον πορφυραν και περιτιθεασιν αυτω πλεξαντες ακανθινον στεφανον And they clothed him with purple, twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on him. 18. και ηρξαντο ασπαζεσθαι αυτον χαιρε βασιλευ[2] των ιουδαιων And they began to salute him, “Hail, King of the Jews!” 19. και ετυπτον αυτου την κεφαλην καλαμω και ενεπτυον αυτω και τιθεντες τα γονατα προσεκυνουν αυτω And they struck him on the head with a reed and spat on him, and bowing their knees, they worshipped him. 20. και οτε ενεπαιξαν αυτω εξεδυσαν αυτον την πορφυραν και ενεδυσαν αυτον τα ιματια τα ιδια[3] και εξαγουσιν αυτον ινα σταυρωσωσιν αυτον And when they had mocked him, they took the purple off him, and put his own garments on him. And they led him out to crucify him. [1] NA-Text reads “ενδιδυσκουσιν”. Those verbs are interchangeable. [2] M-Text reads “ο βασιλευς”. The TR is supported by codices א, B, D, Θ and Theophylact. No need of correction. [3] NA-Text reads “αυτου” and renders “his garments”. What may possibly have happened here was a parableptic error (ιματια τα ιδια, thus missing “τα ιδια” – “own”) with a subsequent addition of “αυτου” – “his” from the parallel passage in Matthew 27:31. Codex D misses “τα ιδια” with no replacement which is an indication that this error tended to occur in early copies.

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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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