The Last Twelve Verses of the Gospel According to S. Mark
Digital Logos Edition
Overview
The Last Twelve Verses of the Gospel According to S. Mark focuses exclusively on the last 12 verses of Mark (Mark Chapter 16) as the title implies. Author John W. Burgon offers critical examination of the text through extensive studies of the MSS and alternative translations. Burgon provides commentary and exposition based on patristic evidence, critics of the early church, semantic consistency, and explanation of the omission from some translations.
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- Argues the authenticity of the last twelve verses in the Gospel of Mark
- Contains extensive history on the argument
- Includes ample appendices
- The Case of the Last Twelve Verses of S. Mark’s Gospel, Stated
- The Hostile Verdict of Biblical Critics Shown to Be Quite of Recent State
- The Early Fathers Appealed to, and Observed to Bear Favorable Witness to These Verses
- The Early Version Examined, and Found to Yield Unfaltering Testimony to the Genuineness of These Verses
- The Alleged Hostile Witness of Certain of the Early Fathers Proved to Be an Imagination of the Critics
- Manuscript Testimony Shown to Be Overwhelmingly in Favor of These Verses Part I.
- Manuscript Testimony Shown to Be Overwhelmingly in Favor of These Verses Part I I.
- The Purport of Ancient Scholia and Notes in MSS, on the Subject of These Verses, Shown to Be the Reverse of What Is Commonly Supposed
- Internal Evidence Demonstrated to Be the Very Revers of Unfavorable to These Verses
- The Testimony of the Lectionaries Shown to Be Absolutely Decisive as to the Genuineness of These Verses
- The Omission of These Twelve Verses in Certain Ancient Copies of the Gospels, Explained and Accounted for.
- General Review of the Question: Summary of the Evidence; And Conclusion of the Whole Subject
Top Highlights
“The Apocryphal Acta Pilati (sometimes called the ‘Gospel of Nicodemus’) Tischendorf assigns without hesitation to the iiird century; whether rightly or wrongly I have no means of ascertaining. It is at all events a very ancient forgery, and it contains the 15th, 16th, 17th and 18th verses of this chaptero.” (Page 25)
“disappeared perhaps from the Evangelist’s own copy,—and that the present ending was by some one substituted in its place” (Page 6)
“The ‘Constitutions’ are assigned to the iiird or the ivth centuryr.” (Page 26)
“Bishop of the Church of Lyons sometime about the year a.d. 180,” (Page 24)
“Justin Martyr, the date of whose first Apology is a.d. 151” (Page 23)
John W. Burgon(1813–1888) was educated at Oxford before becoming vicar of the University Church of St. Mary the Virgin in 1863. In 1867 Burgon accepted the position of professor of Divinity at Gresham College in London. His is known for his contrary stance to the Revised Version of the Bible by Westcott & Hort.