<Tr> <Td> Chapters <Ul> <Li> Mark 1 </Li> <Li> Mark 2 </Li> <Li> Mark 3 </Li> <Li> Mark 4 </Li> <Li> Mark 5 </Li> <Li> Mark 6 </Li> <Li> Mark 7 </Li> <Li> Mark 8 </Li> <Li> Mark 9 </Li> <Li> Mark 10 </Li> <Li> Mark 11 </Li> <Li> Mark 12 </Li> <Li> Mark 13 </Li> <Li> Mark 14 </Li> <Li> Mark 15 </Li> <Li> Mark 16 </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> Mark 1 </Li> <Li> Mark 2 </Li> <Li> Mark 3 </Li> <Li> Mark 4 </Li> <Li> Mark 5 </Li> <Li> Mark 6 </Li> <Li> Mark 7 </Li> <Li> Mark 8 </Li> <Li> Mark 9 </Li> <Li> Mark 10 </Li> <Li> Mark 11 </Li> <Li> Mark 12 </Li> <Li> Mark 13 </Li> <Li> Mark 14 </Li> <Li> Mark 15 </Li> <Li> Mark 16 </Li> </Ul> <P> Mark 16 is the final chapter of the Gospel of Mark in the New Testament of the Christian Bible . It begins with the discovery of the empty tomb by Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome . There they encounter a young man dressed in white who announces the Resurrection of Jesus (16: 1 - 6). The two oldest manuscripts of Mark 16 (from the 300s) then conclude with verse 8, which ends with the women fleeing from the empty tomb, and saying "nothing to anyone, because they were too frightened ." </P> <P> Textual critics have identified two distinct alternative endings: the "Longer Ending" (vv. 9 - 20) and the "Shorter Ending" or "lost ending", which appear together in six Greek manuscripts, and in dozens of Ethiopic copies . Modern versions of the New Testament generally include the Longer Ending . </P>

What are the last words of the oldest known copies of the gospel of mark