[Longer Ending of Mark]

After Jesus rose from the dead early on Sunday morning, the first person who saw him was Mary Magdalene, the woman from whom he had cast out seven demons. 10 She went to the disciples, who were grieving and weeping, and told them what had happened. 11 But when she told them that Jesus was alive and she had seen him, they didn’t believe her.

12 Afterward he appeared in a different form to two of his followers who were walking from Jerusalem into the country. 13 They rushed back to tell the others, but no one believed them.

14 Still later he appeared to the eleven disciples as they were eating together. He rebuked them for their stubborn unbelief because they refused to believe those who had seen him after he had been raised from the dead.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 16:14 Some early manuscripts add: And they excused themselves, saying, “This age of lawlessness and unbelief is under Satan, who does not permit God’s truth and power to conquer the evil [unclean] spirits. Therefore, reveal your justice now.” This is what they said to Christ. And Christ replied to them, “The period of years of Satan’s power has been fulfilled, but other dreadful things will happen soon. And I was handed over to death for those who have sinned, so that they may return to the truth and sin no more, and so they may inherit the spiritual, incorruptible, and righteous glory in heaven.”

The Longer Ending of Mark

[[Now early on the first day of the week, after he[a] rose, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom he had expelled seven demons. 10 She went out and[b] announced it[c] to those who were with him while they[d] were mourning and weeping. 11 And those, when they[e] heard that he was alive and had been seen by her, refused to believe it.[f] 12 And after these things, he appeared in a different form to two of them as they[g] were walking, while they[h] were going out into the countryside. 13 And these went and[i] reported it[j] to the others, and they did not believe them. 14 And later, while[k] they were reclining at table, he appeared to the eleven. And he reprimanded their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they did not believe those who had seen him after he[l] had been raised.

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 16:9 Here “after” is supplied as a component of the participle (“rose”) which is understood as temporal
  2. Mark 16:10 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“went out”) has been translated as a finite verb
  3. Mark 16:10 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  4. Mark 16:10 Here “while” is supplied as a component of the participle (“were”) which is understood as temporal
  5. Mark 16:11 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“heard”) which is understood as temporal
  6. Mark 16:11 *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  7. Mark 16:12 Here “as” is supplied as a component of the participle (“were walking”) which is understood as temporal
  8. Mark 16:12 Here “while” is supplied as a component of the participle (“were going out”) which is understood as temporal
  9. Mark 16:13 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“went”) has been translated as a finite verb
  10. Mark 16:13 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  11. Mark 16:14 Here “while” is supplied as a component of the participle (“were reclining at table”) which is understood as temporal
  12. Mark 16:14 Here “after” is supplied as a component of the participle (“had been raised”) which is understood as temporal