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Grammar in Long Ending of Mark
#1
Many people say that in the Greek Text of Mark, the grammar differs greatly from the Greek grammar of the rest of the Gospel. This seems to be the case between the Greek grammar of Paul's writings in the Greek New Testament and in the Greek version of Hebrews. Someone on here once said that they were shocked at how similar the grammar was between the Pauline Epistles and Hebrews in the Peshitta text. Could the problem of the supposed "non-Markian" grammar be solved by the Aramaic Peshitta's rendition of Mark 16:9-20?
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#2
From Michael Turton's commentary on Mark, <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.michaelturton.com/Mark/GMark16.html">http://www.michaelturton.com/Mark/GMark16.html</a><!-- m --> :

"It is impossible to reconstruct a chiasm from the remaining verses.

2: And very early on the first day of the week they went to the tomb when the sun had risen.
3: And they were saying to one another, "Who will roll away the stone for us from the door of the tomb?"
4: And looking up, they saw that the stone was rolled back; -- it was very large.
5: And entering the tomb, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, dressed in a white robe; and they were amazed.
6: And he said to them, "Do not be amazed; you seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He has risen, he is not here; see the place where they laid him.
7: But go, tell his disciples and Peter that he is going before you to Galilee; there you will see him, as he told you."
8: And they went out and fled from the tomb; for trembling and astonishment had come upon them; and they said nothing to any one, for they were afraid.

There is no A' bracket to oppose v2, a bracket involving movement from one geographical location to another. v8 resembles a very typical B' bracket that should be followed by an A' bracket reading, in typical Markan style, something like: "And they returned to Jerusalem."

A And very early on the first day of the week they went to the tomb when the sun had risen.

B And they were saying to one another, "Who will roll away the stone for us from the door of the tomb?"

C And looking up, they saw that the stone was rolled back; -- it was very large.

D And entering the tomb, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, dressed in a white robe; and they were amazed.

D And he said to them, "Do not be amazed; you seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He has risen, he is not here; see the place where they laid him. But go, tell his disciples and Peter that he is going before you to Galilee; there you will see him, as he told you."

C And they went out and fled from the tomb; for trembling and astonishment had come upon them;

B and they said nothing to any one, for they were afraid.

A It was the last day of the feast of the unleavened bread and many people were going out, returning to their houses since the festival was over. (Gospel of Peter)

The lack of an A bracket to oppose 16:2 suggests that the Gospel originally ended at some point past 16:8, and that the current ending was not in fact the original ending."

CW
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#3
As early as the mid 2nd century 150 A.D., to the late 2nd century, as witnessed by Justin Martyr, Tatian, Ireneaus, and Tertullian, we can see that these verses were present in the early copies of the NT, which were written down in the three main languages that the NT was represented in at that time.

They are seen to be found in the Aramaic, Greek, and Latin copies of their day, and this was as early as just one generation from the death of the last Apostle of Christ. Clearly these verses are from the 1st century and Apostolic times. And there is never any mention of them, as I have seen, of their being any thing but original to the text...Why these words were not copied in some much later Ms. is the question.

Mark 16:9?20 is preserved in its traditional Greek form in about a dozen uncials (the earliest being Codex Alexandrinus) and in all undamaged minuscules.

Peace,
Chuck
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