来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：新约及其历史背景 第6集 第6集》

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  and he fell over an died of a heart attack.
  然后死于心脏病发作
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  Or maybe he left the manuscript out
  或者可能他没放好手稿
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  and some mice ate the end of it,
  被老鼠吃掉了结尾
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  because you roll up the scroll and you just have the
  因为卷起卷轴你只能看到
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  leftover parts at the back.
  后面的残留部分
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  Or maybe it got in a fire and burnt,
  或者它着了火 被烧掉了
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  maybe the last few verses
  可能最后的几个小节
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  the last part of the Gospel burnt.
  这福音书的最后一部分被烧了
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  Obviously ancient people had the same sense of uneasiness
  显然古人们对此有着相同的担忧
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  with the way--with Mark ending at 16:8 and
  因为马可福音结束于16章8节
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  what you've got in that shorter ending and
  这就是短结尾
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  the longer ending were later compositions of scribes,
  而长结尾是经文抄写者后来加上的