"the disciples had forgotten to take bread" - The Codex Vaticanus

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The Codex Vaticanus

The last paragraphs of the Gospel of Mark seem not to have been included in its original form.

Especially they are not included in the Codex Vaticanus, the most authentic Bible book kept in the Vatican..

The Codex Vaticanus, is said to be one of the oldest extant manuscripts of the Greek Bible (Old and New Testament), one of the four great uncial codices.[1] The Codex is named after its place of conservation in the Vatican Library, where it has been kept since at least the 15th century.[2] It is written on 759 leaves of vellum in uncial letters and has been dated palaeographically to the 4th century.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codex_Vaticanus

However this Bible lacks the following passages of the Gospel of Mark.

Mark 7:16; 9:44.46; 11:26; 15:28
Mark 16:9–20; —The Book of Mark ends with verse 16:8, consistent with the Alexandrian text-type.

Specifically, their contents are,
Mar 7:16 If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.

Mar 9:44 Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.

Mar 9:46 Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.

Mar 11:26 But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive your trespasses.

Mar 15:28 And the scripture was fulfilled, which saith, And he was numbered with the transgressors.

And the last paragraph, 16.8, is as follows:

Mar 16:8 And they went out quickly, and fled from the sepulchre; for they trembled and were amazed: neither said they any thing to any man; for they were afraid.

Probably, Mark in this Codex Vaticanus must be more authentic than others.  It may be better to omit Mark 7:16; 9:44.46; 11:26; 15:28 and also Mark 16:9–20 from the Gospel of Mark.

But more interesting is how this Codex came to be possessed by the Vatican. 

The manuscript is believed to have been housed in Caesarea in the 6th century, together with the Codex Sinaiticus, as they have the same unique divisions of chapters in the Acts. It came to Italy – probably from Constantinople – after the Council of Florence (1438–1445).

The manuscript has been housed in the Vatican Library (founded by Pope Nicholas V in 1448) for as long as it has been known, appearing in the library's earliest catalog of 1475 (with shelf number 1209), and in the 1481 catalog. In a catalog from 1481 it was described as a "Biblia in tribus columnis ex memb" (three-column vellum Bible).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codex_Vaticanus#In_the_Vatican_Library

Indeed before the new era began with Columbus and Martin Luther around 1500, this precious Codex was secured in the Vatican.  Maybe it was the most important function for the Vatican in these 500 years.

In my theory, Christ Jesus Himself wrote the Gospel of Mark whose original form happened to be preserved in the Vatican just before the era of Columbus and Martin Luther.





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Mar 8:13 And he left them, and entering into the ship again departed to the other side.
Mar 8:14 Now the disciples had forgotten to take bread, neither had they in the ship with them more than one loaf.
Mar 8:15 And he charged them, saying, Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod.
Mar 8:16 And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we have no bread.
Mar 8:17 And when Jesus knew it, he saith unto them, Why reason ye, because ye have no bread? perceive ye not yet, neither understand? have ye your heart yet hardened?
Mar 8:18 Having eyes, see ye not? and having ears, hear ye not? and do ye not remember?