Anakalypsis / Unveiling the Word

Mark 16:20

And they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following. Amen.

KJV

ἐκεῖνοι δὲ ἐξελθόντες ἐκήρυξαν πανταχοῦ, τοῦ κυρίου συνεργοῦντος καὶ τὸν λόγον βεβαιοῦντος διὰ τῶν ἐπακολουθούντων σημείων.

Greek NT

Illi autem profecti prædicaverunt ubique, Domino cooperante, et sermonem confirmante, sequentibus signis.

Vulgate

And they went forth, and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word by the signs that followed. Amen.

ASV

But they going forth preached every where: the Lord working withal, and confirming the word with signs that followed.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

14 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

βεβαιόω
bebaioo
verb · 8×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
διά
dia
preposition · 633×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κηρύσσω
kerusso
verb · 61×
κύριος
kurios
noun · 717×
λόγος
logos
noun · 330×
πανταχοῦ
pantachou
adverb · 8×
σημεῖον
semeion
noun · 77×
συνεργέω
sunergeo
verb · 5×
ἐκεῖνος
ekeinos
demonstrative · 240×
ἐξέρχομαι
exerchomai
verb · 221×
ἐπακολουθέω
epakoloutheo
verb · 4×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×

Textual variants

2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

notable
SBLGNT: σημείων | WHspur/Treg/NIV: σημείων | RP: + Ἀμήν
  • σημείων — SBLGNT
  • σημείων — Westcott-Hort (spurious), Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • + Ἀμήν — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
major
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

Themes

Historic Christian voices

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

§2So that this call should resound throughout the world, Christ sent forth the apostles he had chosen, commissioning them to proclaim the gospel: "Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, to the close of the a…
§670Since the Ascension God's plan has entered into its fulfilment. We are already at "the last hour".553 "Already the final age of the world is with us, and the renewal of the world is irrevocably under way; it is even now anticipated in a certain real way, for the Church on earth is endowed already with a sanctity that is real but imperfect."554 Christ's kingdom already manifests…
Does prophecy pertain to knowledge? Is it a habit? Is it only about future contingencies? Does a prophet know all possible matters of prophecy? Does a prophet distinguish that which he perceives by the gift of God, from that which he perceives by his own spirit? Can anything false be the matter of prophecy? Article 1. Whether prophecy pertains to knowledge? Objection 1. It woul…
A divinely called and scripturally ordained ministry has been provided by our Lord for the threefold purpose of leading the Church in: evangelization of the world, worship of God, and building a body of saints being perfected in the image of His Son.

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 1:6 — Even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you:
  • 1Cor 2:4 — And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man’s wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power:
  • 1Cor 3:6 — I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.
  • 1Cor 3:9 — For we are labourers together with God: ye are God’s husbandry, ye are God’s building.
  • 1Cor 12:10 — To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues:
  • 1Thess 1:5 — For our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance; as ye know what manner of men we were among you for your sake.
  • 2Cor 6:1 — We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain.
  • 2Kgs 2:14 — And he took the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and smote the waters, and said, Where is the LORD God of Elijah? and when he also had smitten the waters, they parted hither and thither: and Elish
  • Acts 2:1 — And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.
  • Acts 4:30 — By stretching forth thine hand to heal; and that signs and wonders may be done by the name of thy holy child Jesus.
  • Acts 4:33 — And with great power gave the apostles witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and great grace was upon them all.
  • Acts 5:12 — And by the hands of the apostles were many signs and wonders wrought among the people; (and they were all with one accord in Solomon’s porch.
  • Acts 5:12 — And by the hands of the apostles were many signs and wonders wrought among the people; (and they were all with one accord in Solomon’s porch.
  • Acts 8:4 — Therefore they that were scattered abroad went every where preaching the word.
  • Acts 14:3 — Long time therefore abode they speaking boldly in the Lord, which gave testimony unto the word of his grace, and granted signs and wonders to be done by their hands.
  • Acts 14:3 — Long time therefore abode they speaking boldly in the Lord, which gave testimony unto the word of his grace, and granted signs and wonders to be done by their hands.
  • Acts 14:8 — And there sat a certain man at Lystra, impotent in his feet, being a cripple from his mother’s womb, who never had walked:
  • Exod 3:12 — And he said, Certainly I will be with thee; and this shall be a token unto thee, that I have sent thee: When thou hast brought forth the people out of Egypt, ye shall serve God upon this mountain.
  • Hag 2:4 — Yet now be strong, O Zerubbabel, saith the LORD; and be strong, O Joshua, son of Josedech, the high priest; and be strong, all ye people of the land, saith the LORD, and work: for I am with you, saith
  • Heb 2:4 — God also bearing them witness, both with signs and wonders, and with divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost, according to his own will?
  • Heb 2:4 — God also bearing them witness, both with signs and wonders, and with divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost, according to his own will?
  • Judg 6:16 — And the LORD said unto him, Surely I will be with thee, and thou shalt smite the Midianites as one man.
  • Luke 10:2 — Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly is great, but the labourers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his harvest.
  • Luke 24:53 — And were continually in the temple, praising and blessing God. Amen.
  • Matt 28:20 — Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
  • Mic 4:2 — And many nations shall come, and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for the
  • Rom 15:19 — Through mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God; so that from Jerusalem, and round about unto Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of Christ.