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And we come to the end of the Gospel of Mark. It seems almost... compressed. God incarnate rises from death, reveals Himself to women and His disciples, gives them a directive to spread His Gospel, and ascends into heaven... all in less verses than any other chapter so far. Wow.
I think that when Jesus tells the women to tell the disciples and Peter that He may be asking them to make a point to let Peter know that He is back from the dead. Peter had to be tortured by guilt over denying that he was one of Christ's disciples. I also find it quite interesting that Mark shows that the first people to encounter Jesus after His resurrection are women, second class citizens in the world at that time. It seems fitting that the two main points before Mark ends his account are this encounter with women, and Jesus' command to the disciples to carry His message to the ends of the earth.
How about you?
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If 9-20 are not included in
most 'reliable' manuscripts who decides when it should be included. That passage reads like pretty stromg instructions to me.
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