Mark 9:44 and Mark 9:46
Their Worm Dieth Not
Reading Supported
Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
Variant Issue
Modern editions often omit the repeated verses 44 and 46 while retaining the wording in Mark 9:48.
Quick read
The paper presents Mark 9:44 and 9:46 as supported by 1,500+ Greek manuscripts and opposed by fewer than 30 principal Greek witnesses.
Support category
Vast majority of Greek manuscripts
Sources used
listing for kjv mss readings evidences.docx; The Text of the Gospels as cited in the paper
Manuscript Count Snapshot
Count first, then witnesses.
Greek support
1,500+ Greek manuscripts
Greek against
Fewer than 30 principal Greek witnesses
Support category
Vast majority of Greek manuscripts
Lectionary support
Lectionaries contain verses 44 and 46
Main evidence against
Sinaiticus, Vaticanus, C, L, W, Delta, Psi, family 1, 28, 565, 892
Evidence Summary
Vast majority of Greek manuscripts
The paper presents Mark 9:44 and 9:46 as supported by 1,500+ Greek manuscripts and opposed by fewer than 30 principal Greek witnesses.
Greek support
1,500+ Greek manuscripts
Against
Fewer than 30 principal Greek witnesses
Patristic
1 entries
Visual Support Bar
Vast majority of Greek manuscripts
This bar follows the data category. Complex readings do not claim a fake majority.
KJV/TR support: 1,500+ Greek manuscripts
Against: Fewer than 30 principal Greek witnesses