Jesus appears to Mary Magdalene and Two Disciples and The Great Commission

 

 

Mark 16: 9-20

 

Note:   Verses 9-20 do not appear in the oldest and best manuscripts of Mark’s gospel.

Jesus Appears to Mary Magdalene

 Now when he rose early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom he had cast out seven demons.   She went and told those who had been with him, as they mourned and wept.   But when they heard that he was alive and had been seen by her, they would not believe it.

Jesus Appears to Two Disciples

After these things, he appeared in another form to two of them, as they were walking into the country.   And they went back and told the rest, but they did not believe them.

The Great Commission

Afterward, he appeared to the eleven themselves as they were reclining at table, and he rebuked them for their unbelief and hardness of heart because they had not believed those who saw him after he had risen.  And he said to them, “Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation.   Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.   And these signs will accompany those who believe: in my name, they will cast out demons; they will speak in new tongues; they will pick up serpents with their hands; and if they drink any deadly poison, it will not hurt them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will recover.”

 So, then the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God.   And they went out and preached everywhere, while the Lord worked with them and confirmed the message by accompanying signs.

 

Footnotes

Mark 16:9 Some manuscripts end the book with 16:8; others include verses 9–20 immediately after verse 8. At least one manuscript inserts additional material after verse 14; some manuscripts include after verse 8 the following: But they reported briefly to Peter and those with him all that they had been told. And after this, Jesus himself sent out by means of them, from east to west, the sacred and imperishable proclamation of eternal salvation. These manuscripts then continue with verses 9–20

 

From the Back Porch,

 

Bob Rice