Tlie Appendices to the Gospel according to Mark. 399 



in many parts of the N.T. and it is therefore probable that here also 

 the folio of the original has perished and been replaced at a relatively 

 late date. 



The same hand which wrote at the bottom of folio 74 verso "they 



were afraid " added the sign 4- which represents the Greek teT.o? but 



it is the same hand which adapted this MS to liturgical uses, as is 

 proved by the words adcppaTov and xuptaxr, in the margin, and the same 

 sign is written in a number of places in the Gospel. This sign, which 

 the second hand has sketched after Mark 16 : 8, explains how those who 

 superficially inspected this Arabic MS could have deceived themselves 

 as to its character and significance, and have thought that it signified 

 not the end of a lection but the end of the Gospel itself. 



To these considerations it should be added that this MS discards 

 the readings of the family of MSS which reject 16 : 9—20. 



We find, therefore, that Arabic 13 is in reality of no significance 

 in discussing this question, but it has been examined lest we seem to 

 overlook some of the testimony. 



This discussion of Abbe Martin's is found in his Introduction 

 a la Critique textuelle du Nouveau Testament, Partie pratique, 

 Tome II, pp. 430 ff. 



The Shorter Conclusion 

 The Old Latin Version 



The Witness of the Old Latin Codex Bobiensis (k). 

 Summary, 

 k contains the shorter ending only, following v. 8 without note or 

 break. V. 8 has been slightly alteied to conform to it. 



Text That of Cyprian at Carthage in the middle of the third 



century. 

 Place .... Roman North Africa. 



Time Fifth century. 



Inference . The earliest O.L. text probably ended with v. 8, agreeing 

 with NB and Ss. The shorter ending was introduced 

 into it from Alexandria, either directly or through upper 



Egypt. 



