The Skeptics Annotated Bible (797 page)

(16:6-8) The young man in white told the women that Jesus had risen. The women ran away, telling no one, because they were afraid. (The orignal ending of the gospel of Mark.)

6 And he saith unto them, Be not affrighted: Ye seek Jesus of Nazareth, which was crucified:
he is risen
; he is not here: behold the place where they laid him.

(16.6)
“He is risen.”

7 But go your way,
tell his disciples and Peter that he goeth before you into Galilee
: there shall ye see him, as he said unto you.

(16.7)
“Tell his disciples and Peter that he goeth before you into Galilee.”
412 Where did Jesus tell his disciples to go?

8 And
they
went out quickly, and
fled from the sepulchre
; for they trembled and were amazed:
neither said they any thing to any man; for they were afraid.

(16.8)
“They … fled from the sepulchre … neither said they any thing to any man; for they were afraid.”
407 Did the women immediately tell the disciples?

(16.9-20) These verses are not found in the earlier manuscripts and are therefore considered later additions. So the gospel of Mark ended without anyone seeing the resurrected Jesus or any of the cool stuff about snake handling, drinking poison, or God-damned non-believers.

(16:9-16) Jesus appeared first to Mary Magdalene (So
he
was the young man in white in v.5!), but when she told the disciples, they didn’t believe her. So Jesus tried again. This time “he appeared in another form” to two other guys. But nobody believed that story either. Shucks! Finally, he appeared to the eleven apostles and gave them hell for not believing, saying “he that believeth not shall be damned.” And that did it. They believed after that.
408 To whom did Jesus first appear?

9 Now when
Jesus
was risen early the first day of the week, he
appeared first to Mary Magdalene
, out of whom he had cast seven devils.

10 And
she went and told them that had been with him
, as they mourned and wept.

11
And they
, when they had heard that he was alive, and had been seen of her,
believed not.

(16.9-11)
“Jesus … appeared first to Mary Magdalene … She went and told them that had been with him … And they … believed not.”

12 After that
he appeared in another form unto two of them
, as they walked, and went into the country.

13
And they went and told it unto the residue: neither believed they them.

(16.12-13)
“He appeared in another form unto two of them … And they went and told it unto the residue: Neither believed they them.”
427 Did the eleven disciples believe the two men?

14 Afterward
he appeared unto the eleven
as they sat at meat, and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not them which had seen him after he was risen.

(16.14)
“He appeared unto the eleven.”
413 How many disciples did Jesus appear to in his first post resurrection appearance?

15 And he said unto them,
Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.

(16.15)
“Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.”
352 Should the gospel be preached to everyone?