Mark 3 displays classic scribal habits—harmonization, expansion, and softening of difficulties—yet the earliest Alexandrian witnesses preserve a stable and reliable text.
Mark 3 Textual Commentary
New Testament Textual Commentary on Mark 1: Reconstructing the Original Text from the Earliest Manuscript Evidence
Mark 1’s earliest text is secure. Alexandrian witnesses anchor “Son of God,” “in Isaiah,” εἰς αὐτόν, and other original readings against later harmonizations.
