Jesus Charged with Blasphemy

384	WOMEN LEAVE TOMB in FEAR
Matt 28		Mark 16		Luke
8	<And> they departed	8	And they went out	9	and returning
	quickly		and fled
	from the tomb		from the tomb;		from the tomb
			for trembling
			and astonishment
			had come upon them;
			and they said nothing
			to any one,
	with fear	**	for they were afraid.
	and great joy,
	and ran to tell				they told all this
	his disciples.				to the eleven
					and to all the rest.

**Note: In the oldest extant codices (Sinaiticus & Vaticanus) & other early eastern witnesses (Clement, Origen, Eusebius plus Syriac & Armenian translations) the gospel of Mark ends unresolved at this point. Most later mss. have a longer ending (traditionally numbered vv. 9-20) which describes a few resurrection appearances, Jesus' ascension & his instruction to evangelize "the whole creation." Since these incidents reflect scenes in either Matthew, Luke or John most modern scholars regard these verses to be a later composition added to harmonize Mark with the other gospels. A briefer summary, without resurrection appearances or ascension but introducing a universal mission of those "around Peter," ends Mark in a few 9th c. mss.

Canonical gospel selection in the Revised Standard Version
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Color Code
Teal	Two texts use same vocabulary.
Black	Words unique to a particular text.
	No parallel elements in this gospel.
*	Same wording, different order
<and>	RSV wording revised to reflect Greek.
384	Sequence in synoptic outlines