S.1. Some believe
Luke
was referring to a village about 20 miles west of Jerusalem, though
Luke
says the place is 60 stadia away, which is about 7 miles.
S.1a.The earliest Mark manuscripts end at this point, possibly because the original ending was lost. Another possibility is that the Marcan writer thought the empty tomb ending sufficed. His book gives enough information to draw a person to put faith in Jesus. No one can believe in Jesus without God's help. So the writer may have thought a fuller ending unnecessary. But the other gospel writers give fuller, if somewhat conflicting, accounts.
In any case, we should not take too literally the report that the women said nothing to anyone. Otherwise, how did the writer learn what happened? What we may assume is that they did not, in Mark's version, rush to find the disciples right away.
S.1a.The earliest Mark manuscripts end at this point, possibly because the original ending was lost. Another possibility is that the Marcan writer thought the empty tomb ending sufficed. His book gives enough information to draw a person to put faith in Jesus. No one can believe in Jesus without God's help. So the writer may have thought a fuller ending unnecessary. But the other gospel writers give fuller, if somewhat conflicting, accounts.
In any case, we should not take too literally the report that the women said nothing to anyone. Otherwise, how did the writer learn what happened? What we may assume is that they did not, in Mark's version, rush to find the disciples right away.
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