RE: The Gospel of Mark ended at verse 8.
It reads:
“Trembling and bewildered, the women went out and fled from the tomb. They said nothing to anyone, because they were afraid.”
That is one abrupt ending.
It’s hard to believe that someone who wrote one of the Gospels would abruptly end his narrative here with no mention of Jesus ascending to heaven.
That’s very interesting.
Thanks for posting that.
An awful lot of religions hang a lot of doctrine on that passage.
The RC’s use it to justify their doctrine of baptism, and yet ignore the rest of what’s there, the speaking in tongues, drinking poison, snake handling, etc.
The Pentecostals use it to support the doctrine of the evidence, but choose to ignore the part about baptism and salvation.
IOW, anyone who uses that passage, picks from it what they want to support their doctrine and ignores the rest.