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Mark 16:11

And they, when they had heard that he was alive, and had been seen of her, believed not.

KJV

κἀκεῖνοι ἀκούσαντες ὅτι ζῇ καὶ ἐθεάθη ὑπ’ αὐτῆς ἠπίστησαν.

Greek NT

Et illi audientes quia viveret, et visus esset ab ea, non crediderunt.

Vulgate

And they, when they heard that he was alive, and had been seen of her, disbelieved.

ASV

And they hearing that he was alive and had been seen by her, did not believe.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

9 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
ζάω
zao
verb · 140×
θεάομαι
theaomai
verb · 23×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κἀκεῖνος
kakeinos
demonstrative · 24×
ἀκούω
akouo
verb · 427×
ἀπιστέω
apisteo
verb · 8×
ὅτι
oti
conjunction · 1299×
ὑπό
upo
preposition · 221×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

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The Long Ending of Mark. The earliest and most reliable manuscripts end Mark at 16:8. Verses 9-20 are absent from Codex Sinaiticus and Codex Vaticanus, the two oldest complete uncial manuscripts. Eusebius and Jerome noted that these verses were missing from most Greek copies known to them. The passage is present in Codex Alexandrinus, Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus, and the vast majority of Byzantine manuscripts. A shorter alternative ending also exists in some manuscripts.
  • Mark ends at 16:8: '...for they were afraid.'Codex Sinaiticus (01/ℵ); Codex Vaticanus (03/B); Minuscule 304; Syriac Sinaitic; Some Armenian MSS; Some Georgian MSS
  • Ἀναστὰς δὲ πρωὶ πρώτῃ σαββάτου ἐφάνη πρῶτον Μαρίᾳ τῇ Μαγδαληνῇ...Codex Alexandrinus (02/A); Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus (04/C); Codex Bezae (05/D); Majority of Byzantine MSS; Vulgate; Peshitta
  • Πάντα δὲ τὰ παρηγγελμένα τοῖς περὶ τὸν Πέτρον συντόμως ἐξήγγειλαν...Codex Regius (019/L); Minuscule 083; Some Sahidic MSS; Some Ethiopic MSS
source: curated

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§643Given all these testimonies, Christ's Resurrection cannot be interpreted as something outside the physical order, and it is impossible not to acknowledge it as an historical fact. It is clear from the facts that the disciples' faith was drastically put to the test by their master's Passion and death on the cross, which he had foretold.502 The shock provoked by the Passion was s…

Cross-references

  • Acts 12:15 — And they said unto her, Thou art mad. But she constantly affirmed that it was even so. Then said they, It is his angel.
  • Exod 6:9 — And Moses spake so unto the children of Israel: but they hearkened not unto Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage.
  • Job 9:16 — If I had called, and he had answered me; yet would I not believe that he had hearkened unto my voice.
  • John 20:25 — The other disciples therefore said unto him, We have seen the LORD. But he said unto them, Except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and th
  • Luke 24:11 — And their words seemed to them as idle tales, and they believed them not.
  • Luke 24:11 — And their words seemed to them as idle tales, and they believed them not.
  • Luke 24:23 — And when they found not his body, they came, saying, that they had also seen a vision of angels, which said that he was alive.
  • Mark 9:19 — He answereth him, and saith, O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him unto me.
  • Mark 16:13 — And they went and told it unto the residue: neither believed they them.
  • Mark 16:14 — Afterward he appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat, and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not them which had seen him after he was risen.