(March 6, 2015 at 1:11 am)Godschild Wrote: I do not know if the snake handling was added, I've never heard it was, what version of the Bible do you have. I know a few things may have been introduced into the scriptures, it's all speculation we do not have the original writings so we can't know for sure they were or were not in the originals. Those few things that are disputed do not in any way change the message or meaning of the Bible, that is what's important. When I get the time and if my poor brain can remember I will investigate the snake handling, if I do not get back to you about it and you're really interested in this keep me reminded.I just looked in an ESV Bible and it says in brackets in the text just before Mark 16:9
"[some of the earliest manuscripts do not include 16:9-20]"
Every bible I've seen includes a note on those verses, so probably yours does too.
Here is a wikipedia article about the verses in question:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_16
So, PUT... THE SNAKE... DOWN.
