New Testament Textual Analysis 17 - Mark 16:9-20 and Internal Evidence

Internal evidence that pertains to the ending of the Gospel of Mark, with significant observations about unusual features shared by witnesses to the Greek text of the Shorter Ending.

1:30 - The Shorter Ending
2:40 - Marginalia and other features shared by Greek manuscripts with the Shorter Ending indicating a genealogical link to a narrow Egyptian transmission-stream
7:25 - Latin Codex Bobbiensis
8:00 - Ethiopic evidence
9:00 - "multiple endings" after v. 8 are really only two: vv. 9-20 and the Shorter Ending
10:45 - Vocabulary - Metzger's inaccurate propaganda
12:00 - Karim al-Hanifi's comparison: eleven 12-verse segments of the Gospel of Mark contain more once-used words than Mark 16:9-20
12:30 - Bruce Terry's analysis
14:20 - the "pastiche" theory is untenable
16:00 - internal consideration imply that verses 9-20 were not initially written as a conclusion to the Gospel of Mark
18:00 - Ending a narrative with "gar"
19:45 - Mark was compelled to leave his Gospel narrative unfinished and his colleagues finished it by including Mark's small narration of post-resurrection appearances
21:00 - Verses 9-20 were rejected by overly meticulous scribes in the 100s working on the premise that they lacked Petrine approval
20:35 - the origin of the Shorter Ending in Egypt
22:00 - the Egyptian transmission-line: abrupt ending, Shorter Ending, double-ending, verses 9-20
23:30 - In many locales including Rome verses 9-20 circulated as part of the Gospel of Mark
24:30 - additional resources

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