Gospel of Mark 16.8 · 16.8

<p>The oldest text of Mark ends here, on <span class="gk">ἐφοβοῦντο γάρ</span>, for they were afraid. To end a sentence, let alone a book, on <span class="gk">γάρ</span> is close to ungrammatical Greek, and the double negative, they said nothing to no one, makes the silence total. The gospel closes on the women's fear and a commission left unfinished. The verses that follow are absent from the oldest witnesses; see the next passage.</p>

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