Mark 1:1

Mark 1:1 [Textus Receptus (Elzevir) (1624)]]115
Ἀρχὴ τοῦ εὐαγγελίου Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, υἱοῦ τοῦ Θεοῦ.

MSS: E, F (f71rc1), G^supp (f65v), K (f82r), M (f91rc1), S (f79r), Y (f81r), Ω (p163), 1, 4 (f63v), 5 (f238r), 6 (f29r),7 (f71r), 8 (f72rc1), 9 (f85r), 10 (f81r), 11 (f152r), 13 (f42r), 22 (f66r), 33 (f114v), 43 (f66r), 265 (f111v), 389 (f56r), 438 (f136r), 439 (f70rc1), 480, 481, 482, 652 (f106r), 700 (f92r), 892 (f114r), 901 (f54r), 1443, 1444, 1445, 1500 (f97r), 1582, 1701 (f69r), 2268 (f1r)

Mark 1:1 [Codex Sinaiticus (א or 01) (4th century)]q76f2vc1
Αρχη του ευαγγελιου ΙΥ ΧΥ ┬

*  ┬ υυ ΘΥ 

Mark 1:1 [Codex Alexandrinus (A02) (5th century)]6rc1
Αρχη του ευαγγελιου ΙΥ ΧΥ υυ του ΘΥ

Mark 1:1 [Codex Vaticanus Gr. 1209 (B03) (4th century)]24ac3
Αρχη του ευαγγελιου ΙΥ ΧΥ υιου ΘΥ

Mark 1:1 [Codex Bezae Cantabrigiensis (D05) (5th century)]285v|551
Αρχη του ευαγγελιου  ΙΗΥ ΧΡΥ  υιου ΘΥ

Μark 1:1 [Codex Seidelianus I (Harley MS 5684) (G011^s) (9th century)]65vc2
Αρχη του ευαγγελιου ΙΥ ΧΥ υιου του ΘΥ

Mark 1:1 [Codex Sangallensis 48 (Δ037) (9th century)]133
Αρχη του ευαγγελιου ΙΥ ΧΥ υυ του ΘΥ·

Mark 1:1 [Lectionary ℓ1086 (A’ 86) (10th century)]293vc2
Ἀρχὶ τοῦ εὐαγγελίου ΙΥ ΧΥ υυ τοῦ ΘΥ,

Critical Apparatus :

(1) αρχη : א, A, B, D, E, F, G^supp, K, L, M, S, W, Y, Δ, Ω, 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 20, 22, 33, 43, 265, 389, 438, 439, 480, 481, 482, 652, 700, 892, 901, 1443, 1444, 1445, 1500, 1582, 1701, 2268
(2) αρχι : ℓ1086

(3) υιου του θεου : A, E, F, G^supp, K, M, S, Y, Δ, Ω, 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 20, 22, 33, 43, 265, 389, 438, 439, 480, 481, 482, 652, 700, 892, 901, 1443, 1445, 1500, 1582, 1701, 2268, ℓ1086
(2) υιου θεου : א¹, B, D, L, W
(3) OMIT υιου του θεου : א*

Α / Β :

D (f285v|551), 7 (f71r), 9 (f85r), 265 (f111v), 439 (f70rc1), 480 (f63r), 482 (f91r), 1444 (f104r), 1445 (f93r), 1500 (f97r), 1701 (f69r)

Α / Γ :

1443 (f92r)

A Textual Commentary On Mark 1:1

(a) The title of the Gospel by St. Mark is, in the Vatican manuscript, Κατα Μαρκον, according to Mark. In the Alexandrian MS., the Codex Bezæ, L. the Codex Regius, 62 (formerly 2862, Stephani η’), and most other ancient copies, it is Ευαγγελιον κατα Μαρκον, the Gospel according to Mark ; and in some manuscripts and editions, Tο κατα Μαρκον αγιον Ευαγγελιον, the Holy Gospel according to Mark, or (as in the authorised English version), the Gospel according to St. Mark.²

² Griesbach, Nov. Test. tom. i. on Mark i . 1

(Thomas Hartwell Horne, An Introduction to the Critical Study & Knowledge of the Holy Scriptures, vol. 4, p. 432)

(b) That Mark was the author of the Gospel which bears his name, is proved by the unanimous testimony of ancient Christians, particularly Papias¹, who distinctly cites John the Presbyter ; by several ancient writers of the first century consulted by Eusebius² ; by Justin Martyr³, Tatian⁴, Irenæus⁵, Clement of Alexandria⁶, Tertullian⁷, Ammonius⁸, Origen⁹, and by all the Fathers of the third and following centuries. Though not cited by name, this Gospel appears to have been alluded to by Clement of Rome in the first century¹¹  ; but the testimony of antiquity is not equally uniform concerning the order in which it should be placed. Clement of Alexandria affirms that the Gospels containing the genealogies were first written : according to this account, Mark wrote after Luke ; but Papias, on the information of John the Presbyter, a disciple of Jesus, and a companion of the apostles, places this the second in order ; and with him agree Irenæus and other writers.

¹ A. D. 116. Lardner, 8vo. vol. ii . pp. 109, 112 .; 4to . vol. i . pp. 338, 339.

² Eccl. Hist. lib . iii . c. 33.

³ A. D. 140. Lardner, 8vo. vol. ii. p. 120 .; 4to. vol. i. p. 344.

⁴ A. D. 172. Ibid. 8vo. vol. ii. p. 138. ; 4to, vol. i. p. 354.

⁵ A. D. 178. Ibid. 8vo. vol. ii. pp. 158 , 159.; 4to . vol. i. pp. 365, 366.

⁶ A. D. 194. Ibid. 8vo. vol. ii. pp . 211, 212 .; 4to . vol. i. p. 395.

⁷ A. D. 200. Ibid. 8vo. vol. ii. pp. 257, 258 .; 4to . vol. i. p. 420.

⁸ A. D. 220. Ibid. 8vo. vol. ii. pp. 414, et seq.; 4to. vol. i. pp. 503, et seq.

⁹ A. D. 230. Ibid . 8vo. vol. ii . pp. 466 , 467.; 4to. vol. i . p. 332.

¹⁰ See the later testimonies in Lardner, 8vo. vol. vi. pp . 87—90 . ; 4to . vol. iii. pp. 179 , 180 .

¹¹ [Compare Clem. xv. with Mark vii . 6.]

(Thomas Hartwell Horne, An Introduction to the Critical Study & Knowledge of the Holy Scriptures, vol. 4, p. 433-434)