The Last Twelve Verses of the Gospel According to S. MarkBurgon, John William
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The Last Twelve Verses of the Gospel According to S. Mark
Burgon, John William
Bible. Mark XVI, 9-20 -- Criticism, Textual
(_b._) Whether we refer _from_ S. Matth. xi. 27 (§§ 111, 112,) or S. Luke
x. 22 (§ 119),—we find ourselves referred _to_ the following _eleven_
places of S. John,—i. 18: iii. 35: v. 37: vi. 46: vii. 28, 29: viii. 19:
x. 15: xiii. 3: xv. 21: xvi. 15: xvii. 25 (§§ 8, 30, 44, 61, 76, 87, 90,
114, 142, 148, 154.)
(_c._) So also, from S. Matthew’s (xvi. 13-16), S. Mark’s (viii. 27-29),
and S. Luke’s (ix. 18-20) account of S. Peters Confession at Cæsarea
Philippi,—we are referred to S. John i. 42, 43,—a singular reference; and
to S. John vi. 68, 69.
(_d._) From the mention of the last Passover by the three earlier
Evangelists, (S. Matth. xxvi. 1, 2: S. Mark xiv. 1: S. Luke xxii. 1,) we
are referred to S. John’s mention of the _first_ Passover (ii. 13 = § 20);
and of the _second_ (vi. 4 = § 48); as well as of the fourth (xi. 55 = §
96.)
(_e._) From the words of Consecration at the Last Supper, as recorded by
S. Matth. (xxvi. 16), S. Mark (xiv. 22), and S. Luke (xxii. 19),—we are
referred to the four following Sections of our LORD’S Discourse in the
Synagogue at Capernaum recorded by S. John, which took place a year
before,—S. John vi. 35, 36: 48: 51: 55: (§§ 55, 63, 65, 67).
(_f._) Nothing but the spirit in which “Marginal References” are made
would warrant a critic in linking together three incidents like the
following,—similar, indeed, yet entirely distinct: viz. S. Matth. xxvii.
34: S. Mark xv. 24: and S. John xix. 28, 29.
(_g._) I was about to say that scarcely could such an excuse be invented
for referring a Reader from S. Luke xxii. 32, to S. John xxi. 15, and 16,
and 17 (= §§ 227, 228, 229,)—but I perceive that the same three References
stand in the margin of our own Bibles. Not even the margin of the English
Bible, however, sends a Reader (as the IXth Canon of Eusebius does) from
our LORD’S eating “broiled fish and honeycomb,” in the presence of the ten
Apostles at Jerusalem on the evening of the first Easter-Day, (S. Luke
xxiv. 41-43 (= § 341,)) to His feeding the seven Apostles with bread and
fish at the Sea of Galilee many days after. (S. John xxi. 9, 10: 12: 13 =
§§ 221, 223, 224.)—And this may suffice.
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