“So they went out and fled from the tomb, for terror and amazement had seized them; and they said nothing to any one, for they were afraid.” Mark 16:8

With those words, the Gospel of Saint Mark comes to an abrupt end.  English Bibles have verses 9-20 of Chapter 16 added to the original ending, usually with a note that the earliest and most reliable manuscripts did not include the final twelve verses.

If you were Saint Mark, would you have ended the story there? Would you have finished your …