An Oddly Perfect Ending – Easter Sunday, April 4, 2021
An Oddly Perfect Ending – Easter Sunday, April 4, 2021
Scripture: Mark 16: 1-8
The oldest existing manuscripts of Mark’s gospel ended at verse 8. It’s unlikely that was how Mark intended to end his gospel. The evidence suggests that somehow an early copy lost the original ending. However, even as it stands in those manuscripts, Mark shared the most vital news. Verse 6 said Mary and her companions heard the central message of that resurrection Sunday: “He has been raised. He isn’t here.”