# An example of interpolation in the New Testament **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [August 7, 2015, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-example-of-interpolation-in-the-new-testament/727228 "2015-08-07T11:14:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2015, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-example-of-interpolation-in-the-new-testament/727228/41 "2015-08-08T20:53:16Z")
So when you take out the passages that refer to Jesus, it’s not about Jesus anymore. Fascinating. ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2015, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-example-of-interpolation-in-the-new-testament/727228/42 "2015-08-08T21:26:17Z")
> [@SeniorCitizen007](#): > > Mark 1,35 should be followed by verses 40-42 > > Deleting the interpolated text throughout the gospel changes the storyline. It wasn’t Jesus on the cross in the original. I can construct a convincingly readable story by completely removing the ‘Petrine’ (ie Catholic) text. Jesus was the King of the Jews … he wasn’t God, or even the son of God. He was a fictional character in a play. The interpolated text is of a completely different “religious tone” (authoritarian) to the original. I have seen Winnie the Pooh changed to a bawdy story by selective editing. The problem with your thesis is not that you can’t change the Gospel of Mark to a different storyline, but that you have to change massive portions of the New Testament to hammer it into your new storyline and you have no evidence for such massive changes or any explanation as to how they were incorporated into the belief system in the dates available. ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2015, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-example-of-interpolation-in-the-new-testament/727228/43 "2015-08-08T21:35:19Z")
> [@tomndebb](#): > > I have seen Winnie the Pooh changed to a bawdy story by selective editing. Oh come _on_. That bit where he’s stuck in the hole ? And he got stuck because he had too much honey ? Seriously ?! At this point it’s not innuendo or subtext any more. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2015, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-example-of-interpolation-in-the-new-testament/727228/44 "2015-08-08T21:46:22Z")
> [@SeniorCitizen007](#): > > My pattern-recognition autistic savant mind now won’t leave me in peace. Have you thought about taking up sudoku instead? ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2015, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-example-of-interpolation-in-the-new-testament/727228/45 "2015-08-08T22:16:26Z")
> [@SeniorCitizen007](#): > > There’s more to come. The text without the interpolated material is very cunningly structured … by someone who was very, very smart! Yeah? If he’s so smart, why didn’t he invent punctuation? > [@ralph124c](#): > > It was Greek to me. And **ralph124c** wins the thread. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2015, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-example-of-interpolation-in-the-new-testament/727228/46 "2015-08-10T06:31:03Z")
> [@tomndebb](#): > > I have seen Winnie the Pooh changed to a bawdy story by selective editing. The problem with your thesis is not that you can’t change the Gospel of Mark to a different storyline, but that you have to change massive portions of the New Testament to hammer it into your new storyline and you have no evidence for such massive changes or any explanation as to how they were incorporated into the belief system in the dates available. I took out all the scenes in _Iron Man_ where Iron Man is shown or referenced, and discovered that under the surface, it’s a totally different, hidden film, probably called _Tony Stark Walks Around And Talks To His Friends_. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-example-of-interpolation-in-the-new-testament/727228.md?page=2)