------------------------------ *THE ABC OF MARK'S GOSPEL***
*Edited by Hugh Fogelman* * * * * *The Abingdon Bible Commentary* *1* (pg. 1020-21), explaining *Chapter 16 of * *Mark* says; *"The Resurrection (1-8) in Mark's Gospel broke off suddenly at v.8 or it may be that the original ending became lost. At a later period, efforts were made to complete or restore it."* "The Appearances (9-18): "See the parallels in Matthew 28:16-20, Luke 24:1-12, and John 20:11 -21:23. *This is the 'longer ending' of Mark**. It is absent from the Old Syriac and the** **Old Latin MSS, as well as from the two great codices, the Sinaiticus and Vaticanus.** **This longer ending is a mosaic made up of materials drawn chiefly from Luke's Gospel and non-canonical sources."* "The codex Washington adds after verse 14 in Mark's Gospel, a crude paragraph―which has been taken from some early second century Christians writing. In some extant* *MSS. of the Gospel of Mark, another shorter ending has been added as well." Hugh's comments: Apparently, not only can you not compare one gospel to the other, but within each gospel you need to worry which interpretation you will be reading. In other words, put 10 scholars, no, better yet, put 10 bible intoxicated Christians in a room and let them read all different versions of their bible―their New Testament―each one thinking they are correct. This would really make for some really good entertainment. One last point – *The Abingdon Bible Commentary* (pg. 953) agrees with Christian scholars that Mark was the first gospel as it says; *"One of the assured results of devout criticism is that almost the whole of Mark is incorporated in 'Matthew.'* *This conclusion can be verified by any student who cares to examine in a synopsis a parable or incident which is found in both Matthew and Mark. This discovery indicates that the author was not one of the twelve, for one who had been an eyewitness himself would not report to the work of a secondary witness."* The incorporation of the material by the compiler of Matthew has not been done in a slavish, mechanical way, but in a manner which reveals distinctly the compiler's own individual prepossessions and ideas; he does not hesitate to change, omit, tone down, and otherwise adapt the material in his sources for his purpose, showing clearly that he did not consider that Mark's account was complete. FOOTNOTE: *The Abingdon Bible Commentary* is used for practical and evangelical purposes, [ copyright in 1929 by the Abingdon Press, Inc.] says that it "reaches out to the 'thoughtful pastors, intelligent laymen, and teachers in Sunday and Week-Day schools of religious education.'" . --- Brief CV of Jusfiq Hadjar Jusfiq Hadjar, a christian, 66 years old, is an Indonesian living in the Netherlands. He currently lives together out of wed-lock with Marlene Van Doorn - a documentalist in African Studies Center (ASC) library - in Leiden. Jusfiq Hadjar has, thus far, succesfully deceived many NGOs into believing that he is a human rights activistist. One of the NGOs that has been trapped in his lies is a Muslim human rights group, the Movement against Racism and for Friendship among Peoples. Jusfiq Hadjar is very active in his campaigns against Islam and Muslims on the Internet, especially in several Indonesian mailing lists. He will spread massive amounts of offensive, slanderous, lying statements against Islam and Muslims day in and day out and at the same time claiming that he is a Muslim. Undoubtedly, Jusfiq Hadjar is one of those people who still thinks that adhering to a daily routine of cursing and swearing on the Internet would help to make him look intelligent and preserve his sanity. It shoots no wonder then if you find mosts of his writings on the Internet are just about cursing and swearing at Muslims and licking the ass of his christian friends. Jusfiq Hadjar has joined several mailing lists in order to spread his severe hatred against Islam and Muslim on the Internet: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/islamkristen/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/apakabar/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/minangnet/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/istiqlal/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/partai-keadilan/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ijtihad/<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/partai-keadilan/> Marlene Van Doorn is very supportive of his life partner's evil activities on the Internet, and gives her financial support by providing him with meals, accomodation and Internet connection. He is also allegedly financed by Leiden church. He has no children. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! 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