The copies

Witness

Matthew jumps a verse. The prayer stops. Two strokes decide God or He.

Walk the copies. KJV often keeps the longer reading. BSB follows the older books. When a post says theft, we show you the page. A missing verse is often still in Mark. This is not a decoder ring for villains.

The gaps

A line sits in the KJV and not in the oldest copy. It is often still in Mark or Luke.

01Fasting02Lost03Widows04Ears05Worm06Forgive07Numbered08Fire09Field10Barabbas11Angel12I believe13Goads14Silas15Grace

The joins

An Amen was added. A hard stop was kept. Sweat like blood is argued. A woman the church would not lose.

01Amen02Ending03Sweat04Woman

The words

The copies disagree on God or He, on blood, on three that testify, and on God or Son.

01Comma02Blood03God or He04Son of God05God or Son

The gaps · 07 of 15 · Luke kept the quote

Numbered with criminals

Jesus already quoted Isaiah in Luke. Later Mark copies wanted that line at the cross too.

King James (1611)
And the scripture was fulfilled, which saith, And he was numbered with the transgressors.
Berean Standard Bible
Not in the BSB main text.

The seam

  1. 01Between two robbers

    Mark 15:27

    They crucify two robbers with Him, one on His right and one on His left. The oldest Mark lets that picture stand. The prophet is already in the frame.

  2. 02The footnote, later

    Mark 15:28

    Later copies write the citation in. And the Scripture was fulfilled. The KJV numbers it. The two robbers were already enough.

  3. 03He quoted it Himself

    Luke 22:37

    This Scripture must be fulfilled in Me: He was numbered with the transgressors. Isaiah 53:12, in His own mouth, the night before.

In these copies

  • Byzantine majority
  • KJV, WEB

Not in these copies

  • Sinaiticus
  • Vaticanus
  • A, C, D in part
  • BSB, ASV, NIV

Read it this way

Mark 15 is the crucifixion. They crucify Him between two robbers. The oldest copies do not pause to say “this fulfilled Isaiah.” They just put Him there. The picture is the citation.

Luke already has Jesus quoting Isaiah 53:12 before the night is over: He was numbered with the transgressors. Later Mark copies added the citation at the cross so Mark would “have” the proof-text too. A scribe who loved the Servant song wanted the footnote on the same page as the nails.

Isaiah is not missing. Luke kept Jesus using it Himself. Mark’s oldest copies let the two robbers do the quoting, without a verse number for the prophet.

Still on the page: Luke 22:37 — He was numbered with the transgressors — Isaiah 53:12, said by Jesus in Luke.

Some sayThey hid the prophecy that He was numbered with the transgressors.

Isaiah is not missing. Luke kept Jesus using it Himself.

  • KJV

    on the page

  • WEB

    on the page

  • BSB

    not printed

  • ASV

    not printed

Open Mark 15

The line the text already walks — that is Foretold. Words you already say out loud sit in Words with weight. Witness is when the copies do not match.