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*most scholars today reject the suggestion that John Mark was the same person as the author of the Gospel of Mark; | *most scholars today reject the suggestion that John Mark was the same person as the author of the Gospel of Mark; | ||
*ancient sources doubt that John Mark was the Mark the author;<ref>http://www.biblicalstudies.org.uk/pdf/scripture/37_023.pdf</ref> | *ancient sources doubt that John Mark was the Mark the author;<ref>http://www.biblicalstudies.org.uk/pdf/scripture/37_023.pdf</ref> | ||
| + | *the [[Gospel of Mark]] is [[Gentile]] in expressions and understanding, while John Mark was probably partly [[Jewish]]; | ||
*multiple references to John Mark in the New Testament make no mention of his writing anything; and | *multiple references to John Mark in the New Testament make no mention of his writing anything; and | ||
*John was a common Semitic name, while Mark was a common Roman name; it is unjustified to link two persons just because they shared one of those names. | *John was a common Semitic name, while Mark was a common Roman name; it is unjustified to link two persons just because they shared one of those names. | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
{{reflist}} | {{reflist}} | ||
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[[category:Bible]] | [[category:Bible]] | ||
[[category:Gospels]] | [[category:Gospels]] | ||
Revision as of 18:40, May 14, 2023
John Mark was an early Christian evangelist mentioned in the New Testament, including Acts 12:12 and 2 Timothy, but probably not the author of the Gospel of Mark as some historians have suggested.
Reasons why John Mark was not the author of the Gospel of Mark include:
- Mark was his surname, but the Gospel authors went by their first name, and his was John;
- Luke refers to John Mark disparagingly, yet Luke copied extensively in the Gospel of Luke from the Gospel of Mark;
- most scholars today reject the suggestion that John Mark was the same person as the author of the Gospel of Mark;
- ancient sources doubt that John Mark was the Mark the author;[1]
- the Gospel of Mark is Gentile in expressions and understanding, while John Mark was probably partly Jewish;
- multiple references to John Mark in the New Testament make no mention of his writing anything; and
- John was a common Semitic name, while Mark was a common Roman name; it is unjustified to link two persons just because they shared one of those names.