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Mark’s gospel may or may not end at 16:8. The earliest manuscripts do not contain 16:9-20.
As they entered the tomb, they saw a young man dressed in a white robe
sitting on the right side, and they were alarmed. ”Don’t be alarmed,”
he said. ”You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified.
He has risen! See the place where they laid him. But go, tell his
disciples and Peter, ‘He is going ahead of you into Galilee. There
you will see him just as he told you.’” Trembling and bewildered, the
women went and fled from the tomb. They said nothing to anyone,
because they were afraid.
Is that the end?
What hermenutical case can be made for Mark intentionally ending his gospel at 16:8?
Note that this is not the place to answer the question, Is the ending of the Gospel of Mark (16:9-20) original?, which is already a question asked elsewhere.
