Mark 16:1-8 - Revision of the Textus Receptus

The gospel according to Mark

Chapter 16

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1. και διαγενομενου του σαββατου μαρια η μαγδαληνη και μαρια η του[1] ιακωβου και σαλωμη ηγορασαν αρωματα ινα ελθουσαι αλειψωσιν αυτον And when the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices, that they might come and anoint him.

2. και λιαν πρωι της μιας[2] σαββατων ερχονται επι το μνημειον ανατειλαντος του ηλιου And very early on the first day of the week, they came to the tomb when the sun had risen.

3. και ελεγον προς εαυτας τις αποκυλισει ημιν τον λιθον εκ της θυρας του μνημειου And they were saying among themselves, “Who will roll away the stone for us from the door of the tomb?”

4. και αναβλεψασαι θεωρουσιν οτι αποκεκυλισται ο λιθος ην γαρ μεγας σφοδρα But when they looked up, they saw that the stone, which was very large, had been rolled away.

5. και εισελθουσαι εις το μνημειον ειδον νεανισκον καθημενον εν τοις δεξιοις περιβεβλημενον στολην λευκην και εξεθαμβηθησαν And entering the tomb, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, dressed in a white robe. And they were alarmed.

6. ο δε λεγει αυταις μη εκθαμβεισθε ιησουν ζητειτε τον ναζαρηνον τον εσταυρωμενον ηγερθη ουκ εστιν ωδε ιδε ο τοπος οπου εθηκαν αυτον And he said to them, “Do not be alarmed. You seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He has risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid him!

7. αλλ[3] υπαγετε ειπατε τοις μαθηταις αυτου και τω πετρω οτι προαγει υμας εις την γαλιλαιαν εκει αυτον οψεσθε καθως ειπεν υμιν But go, tell his disciples and Peter that he is going before you to Galilee. There you will see him, as he said to you.

8. και εξελθουσαι [4] εφυγον απο του μνημειου ειχεν δε[5] αυτας τρομος και εκστασις και ουδενι ουδεν ειπον[6] εφοβουντο γαρ And going out, they fled from the tomb. And trembling and astonishment came upon them. And they said nothing to anyone for they were afraid.

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[1] M-Text omits “η του”. NA-Text reads “η [του]”. The TR is supported by codices א², A, B, K, Δ, minuscules 33, part of the Byzantine manuscripts and Theophylact. The omission of “του” is supported by codices א*, C, W, Γ, Θ, Ψ and minuscule 700.The full omission is supported by codices E, both families of manuscripts ƒ¹ and ƒ¹³, minuscules 28, 565, 892, 1010, 1241, 1424 and part of the Byzantine manuscripts. Mark used the very same “μαρια η του ιακωβου” in 15:40, so that any omission in this clause is most likely due to scribal errors.

[2] NA-Text reads “τη μια των” (dative instead of genitive).

[3] NA-Text reads “αλλα”, uncontracted form of the same conjunction.

[4] NA-Text, Vg-St, PT, WPF³⁵ and M-text omit “ταχυ” (immediately). This omission is supported by codices א, B, D, Θ and Theophylact. This adverb does not belong in the original text. It has been removed accordingly.

[5] NA-Text and Vg-St read “γαρ” (“for” instead of “and”, Latin equivalent: “enim”), which is supported by codices א, B and D. The TR is supported by codex Θ, the Diatessaron, the Byzantine manuscripts and Theophylact. The conjunction “for” was probably added to make the text flow better. The harder reading “and” has been maintained in the text.

[6] NA-Text reads “ειπαν”, same verbal tense spelled differently.

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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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