... means debating, questioning, stumbling, and learning. It involves suffering, service to others, poverty, and faithfulness despite persecution. It is strange that the Gospel of Mark ends so abruptly; scholars generally agree that the Gospel of Mark ends with verse 16:8, and that verses 16:9-20 were a later addition to the manuscript. The ending at 16:8 is confusing: Jesus' body is gone ... confirmed the message by the signs that accompanied it- (16:20). MARK OVERVIEW Although the Gospel of Mark appears second in order in the New Testament, almost all scholars today agree that is was the ...
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