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Almost all English Bible translations place the last twelve verses of Mark’s Gospel in brackets, suggesting the passage may not be authentic. How do we assess the evidence for where Mark ends?
February 18, 2021 by: Crossway 1. The translation was motivated by a belief that Scripture is sacred and that the words of the Bible are the very words of God. “[The Bible] is the most valuable thing that this world affords. Here is Wisdom; this is the royal Law; these are the lively Oracles of God.” With these words the Moderator of the Church of Scotland hands a Bible to the new monarch in Britain’s coronation service. These words echo the King James Bible translators, who wrote in 1611, “God’s sacred Word . . . is that inestimable treasure that excelleth al...