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Mark 1

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mark.1.m1GospelExpansion

εὐαγγέλιον τοῦ θεοῦ / εὐαγγέλιον τῆς βασιλείας τοῦ θεοῦ

TEXTTRANSLATIONhigh confidence

Does Mark identify the message as God’s good news or the good news of God’s kingdom?

The wording identifies the message Jesus proclaims in Galilee immediately before his declaration about God’s reign.

Why this default

The shorter “good news of God” is default because it is preserved across WH, Treg, and NA28; the RP expansion explicitly anticipates the kingdom announcement that follows.

Evidence

ExternalShorter: WH, Treg, NA28; expanded “of the kingdom”: RP.

InternalThe following kingdom proclamation gives a clear motive for explanatory expansion.

Project defaultthe good news of God

Project default · WH, Treg, NA28

Witnessesεὐαγγέλιον τοῦ θεοῦ · WH, Treg, NA28
Alternativethe good news of the kingdom of God

RP expansion

Witnessesεὐαγγέλιον τῆς βασιλείας τοῦ θεοῦ · RP
Alternativethe good news [of the kingdom] of God

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WitnessesDisplay option · added words bracketed

Reference roleStandardized inspectable reference; manuscript forks are independently reopened.

Revision historyNo decision-level revision has been recorded since the provenance ledger was introduced.

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