The Appendices to the Gospel according to Mark. 405 



it was in the text of Cyprian, which would carry us back two cen- 

 turies earlier. Either at the time it became a part of this text or 

 later v. 8 was modified to conform to the shorter conclusion, omit- 

 ting the words in v. 8b which contradict it, "they said nothing to 

 any one." 



Codex Bobiensis, therefore, furnishes us with another witness to 

 the antiquity and to the diffusion of the shorter ending, and lends 

 weight to the conclusion that the shorter ending originated in Egypt. 



Bibliography. 



k is edited by Worsworth and Sandaj- in Old Latin Biblical Texts No. II, 1886. 

 A facsimile of Mk. 16 : 6-9 forms the frontispiece. 

 In this volume the text is printed in full, is described by Words- 

 worth and its relations discussed by Sanday. 



BuRkiTT, Encyl. Bibl. "Texts and Versions" Vol. IV. 



Kennedy, H. G. A., H.D.B., " The Old Latin Versions" Vol. III. 



The relation of k to Sc is discussed in Baethgen's Evangelienfragmente, 

 p. 80. 



Compare also the usual authorities: Tischendorf, Zahn, Scrivener, von Soden, 

 etc. 



