Why Mark 16.9–20 is in the Bible

Mark 16.9–20 is the authentic and divinely preserved ending of Mark’s Gospel. It is supported by overwhelming manuscript evidence, early translations, consistent quotation by early church fathers, and strong stylistic, thematic, and structural continuity with the rest of Mark and the other three Gospels. Modern doubts rest largely on two problematic manuscripts and modern critical assumptions, whereas the historic church rightly received these verses as inspired Scripture.

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