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Mark 16:9-20

The Longer Ending of Mark

Byzantine reconstructed witness with second-century patristic quotation

The Longer Ending is carried by Codex Ephraemi, Bezae, Washingtonianus, Sangallensis, Koridethi, Families 1 and 13, twenty-six further named Greek entries, three lectionaries and the Byzantine reconstructed witness, with the Latin D/I/V states, Peshitta and Harklean, Ethiopic and Gothic. Irenaeus quotes Mark 16:19 as the conclusion of Mark's Gospel around AD 180. Sinaiticus, Vaticanus and 304 end at 16:8, and four further Greek entries carry the Short Ending before the Longer Ending.

Earliest KJV support

Before AD 150 — Epistula Apostolorum, related awareness of the longer ending. Exact citation: c. AD 180 — Irenaeus quotes Mark 16:19 by name.

Major omitted passageMajority Greek supportPatristic supportLatin support

John 5:3b-4

The Angel at Bethesda

The named clause-present states in the selected IGNTP John corpus

The two clauses travel separately. In the 236-document IGNTP/ITSEE John corpus, ten named Greek states omit the waiting clause at 5:3b and thirteen omit the whole of verse 4, while the rest of the enumerated corpus carries the longer text. Seventeen rows of the official Vetus Latina John synopsis carry verse 4 and five omit it. Ambrose quotes the long verse twice and Chrysostom expounds it.

Earliest KJV support

Earliest literary and secure Greek evidence catalogued here: c. AD 200 — Tertullian preserves a related account of angelic activity and healing water. Fourth-century Old Latin evidence and later Greek evidence attest the complete verse.

Major omitted passageMajority Greek supportPatristic supportLatin support

John 7:53-8:11

The Woman Taken in Adultery

71 entries at the standard location in the selected IGNTP John corpus

In the 236-document IGNTP/ITSEE John corpus at John 7:53, 71 documentary entries carry the verse at the standard location, 49 omit it there and 116 are deficient. Codex Bezae is the earliest extant Greek manuscript carrying the story at the Johannine location. Sixteen rows of the official Vetus Latina John synopsis carry it at the normal location, and Ambrose, Jerome and Augustine all treat it as Johannine.

Earliest KJV support

c. AD 110–140 — Papias, related story of a woman accused before the Lord. This is evidence for an early story tradition, not proof of its location in John. Johannine manuscript form: fifth century — Codex D.

Major omitted passageComplex evidenceMajority Greek supportPatristic support

Acts 9:5-6

Kick Against the Pricks

Corrected states 69C and 808Cf; Latin witnesses L54

The full expansion occurs in two corrected Greek states, 69C and 808Cf; both first hands have the short text. GA 629 contains the goad saying only. Latin evidence is divided among the shorter, goad-only and full forms.

Earliest KJV support

Complete Greek expansion: Two corrected Greek states, 69C and 808Cf, preserve the complete expansion. Their original hands contain the shorter text, and the dates of the correcting hands are not independently established.

Versional and literary evidence: Constituent wording occurs earlier in Latin, versional, and patristic transmission; those partial forms remain classified separately from the complete expansion.

Major omitted passageComplex evidenceLatin supportPatristic support
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