The Last Twelve Verses of the Gospel According to S. Mark

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by  John Burgon

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Title: The Last Twelve Verses of the Gospel According to
S. Mark
Author: John Burgon
Release Date: July 27, 2008 [Ebook 26134]
Language: English
***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK
THE LAST TWELVE VERSES OF THE GOSPEL
ACCORDING TO S. MARK***
THE
THE LAST TWELVE VERSES
OF THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO
S. MARK
Vindicated Against Recent Critical
Objectors
And Established
by
John W. Burgon B.D.
VicarofS.Mary-The-Virgin's,FellowofOrielCollege,
andGreshamLecturerinDivinity.
WithFacsimilesofCodex AndCodexL
"'Advicetoyou,'sir,'instudyingDivinity?'Didyousaythat
you'wishedIwouldgiveyouafewwordsofadvice,'sir?...
Thenletmerecommendtoyouthepracticeofalwaysverifying
your references, sir!"
ConversationofthelatePRESIDENTROUTH
Oxford and London:
James Parker and Co.
1871.
Contents
TheCodex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Dedication:ToSirRoundellPalmer,Q.C.,M.P. . . . . . . 8
Preface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
TheLastTwelveVerses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
ChapterI.THECASEOFTHELASTTWELVEVERSES
OFS.MARK'SGOSPEL,STATED. . . . . . . . . . . 15
Chapter II. THE HOSTILE VERDICT OF BIBLICAL
CRITICSSHEWNTOBEQUITEOFRECENTDATE. 19
Chapter III. THE EARLY FATHERS APPEALED TO,
AND OBSERVED TO BEAR FAVOURABLE WIT-
NESS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Chapter IV. THE EARLY VERSIONS EXAMINED,
AND FOUND TO YIELD UNFALTERING TESTI-
MONYTOTHEGENUINENESSOFTHESEVERSES. 48
Chapter V. THE ALLEGED HOSTILE WITNESS OF
CERTAIN OF THE EARLY FATHERS PROVED
TOBEANIMAGINATIONOFTHECRITICS. . . . 55
Chapter VI. MANUSCRIPT TESTIMONY SHEWN TO
BEOVERWHELMINGLYINFAVOUROFTHESE
VERSES.—PARTI. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
ChapterVII.MANUSCRIPTTESTIMONYSHEWNTO
BEOVERWHELMINGLYINFAVOUROFTHESE
VERSES.—PARTII. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Chapter VIII. THE PURPORT OF ANCIENT SCHO-
LIA, AND NOTES IN MSS. ON THE SUBJECT OF
THESE VERSES, SHEWN TO BE THE REVERSE
OFWHATISCOMMONLYSUPPOSED. . . . . . . 140
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Chapter IX. INTERNAL EVIDENCE DEMON-
STRATED TO BE THE VERY REVERSE OF UN-
FAVOURABLETOTHESEVERSES. . . . . . . . . 167
ChapterX.THETESTIMONYOFTHELECTIONARIES
SHEWN TO BE ABSOLUTELY DECISIVE AS TO
THEGENUINENESSOFTHESEVERSES. . . . . . 229
Chapter XI. THE OMISSION OF THESE TWELVE
VERSESINCERTAINANCIENTCOPIESOFTHE
GOSPELS,EXPLAINEDANDACCOUNTEDFOR. . 252
ChapterXII.GENERALREVIEWOFTHEQUESTION:
SUMMARY OF THE EVIDENCE; AND CONCLU-
SIONOFTHEWHOLESUBJECT. . . . . . . . . . . 287
APPENDIX(A). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
APPENDIX(B). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310
APPENDIX(C). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
APPENDIX(D). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316
APPENDIX(E). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336
APPENDIX(F). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340
APPENDIX(G). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345
APPENDIX(H). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365
POSTSCRIPT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371
L'ENVOY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377
GENERALINDEX. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379
Footnotes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411
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The Codex
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OnthenextpageisexhibitedanexactFac-simile,obtainedby
Photography, of fol. 28 b of the CODEX SINAITICUS at S. Peters-
burg, (Tischendorf's ): shewing the abrupt termination of S.
Mark's Gospel at the words (cid:149)ƒ(cid:159)(cid:146)(cid:159)¥(cid:157)⁄(cid:159) (cid:147)(cid:145)¡ (chap. xvi. 8), as
explainedatp.70,andpp.86-8.TheoriginalPhotograph,which
isherereproducedonadiminishedscale,measuresinheightfull
fourteeninchesandone-eighth;inbreadth,fullthirteeninches.It
wasprocuredformethroughthefriendlyandzealousofficesof
theEnglishChaplainatS.Petersburg,theRev.A.S.Thompson,
B.D.; by favour of the Keeper of the Imperial Library, who has
myheartythanksforhisliberalityandconsideration.
ItwillbeperceivedthatthetextbeginsatS.Markxvi. 2,and
endswiththefirstwordsofS.Lukei.18.
Uptothishour,everyendeavourtoobtainaPhotographofthe
corresponding page of the CODEX VATICANUS, B, (No. 1209, in
the Vatican,) has proved unavailing. If the present Vindication
of the genuineness of Twelve Verses of the everlasting Gospel
should have the good fortune to approve itself to his Holiness,
POPEPIUSIX.,letmebepermittedinthisunadornedandunusual
manner,—(to which I would fain add some circumstance of re-
spectful ceremony if I knew how,)—very humbly to entreat his
HolinesstoallowmetopossessaPhotograph,correspondingin
size with the original, of the page of CODEX B (it is numbered
TheCodex 3
fol. 1303,) which exhibits the abrupt termination of the Gospel
accordingtoS.Mark.
J.W.B.
ORIELCOLLEGE,OXFORD,
June14,1871.
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TheCodex 5
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