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| - | The earliest clear evidence for Mark 16:9-20 as part of the Gospel of Mark is in Chapter XLV First Apology of [[Justin Martyr]] (c. 160). In a passage in which Justin treats Psalm 110 as a Messianic prophecy, he states that Ps. 110:2 was fulfilled when Jesus' disciples, going forth from Jerusalem, preached everywhere. His verbiage is remarkably similar to the wording of Mk. 16:20 and is consistent with Justin's use of a Synoptics-Harmony in which Mark 16:20 was blended with Lk. 24:53. Justin's student [[Tatian]] (c. 172), incorporated almost all of Mark 16:9-20 into his ''[[Diatessaron]]'', a blended narrative consisting of material from all four canonical Gospels. And [[Irenaeus]] (c. 184), in ''Against Heresies'' 3:10.6, explicitly cited Mark 16:19, stating that he was quoting from near the end of Mark's account. This patristic evidence is over a century older than the earliest manuscript of Mark 16. Writers in the 200's such as [[Hippolytus of Rome]] and the anonymous author of ''De Rebaptismate'' also used the "Longer Ending." In 305, the pagan writer Hierocles used Mark 16:18 in a jibe against Christians, probably recycling material written by [[Porphyry (philosopher)|Porphyry]] in 270.
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