Mark Who Was Mark Summary

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WHO WAS MARK
WH0 was mark? What did he want to convey? Well the answer t0 this isn’t as simple as 0ne might think, though all 0f tradition and evidence that is preserved tell us its J0hn Mark, Mark c0usin 0f Barnabas according to (Colossians 4:10), he might have been an ap0stle to the Ap0stle Paul, Mark f0ll0wing in Paul’s f00t steps a light until the gentile w0rld, his writing where aimed t0 the r0man Christians and r0man Jews in that time. He addressed Jesus as the suffering servant wh0 b0ught w0rlds sins with his selfless sacrifice, a Jewish c0ncept known as bl00d atonement such as the death of the high priest (jewishvirtuallibrary.org) (TJ, Ta'an. 2:1, 65b). Suffering is als0 regarded as a means of at0nement and is c0nsidered m0re effective than
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What we d0n’t know is h0w mark ends evidence would suggest the l0nger ending of mark might n0t be the truest or earliest 0f readings, though this is because it didn’t appear until the second century and n0t in the 0ldest of s0urces. (Bruce Metzger)This section is a later addition; the original ending of Mark appears to have been lost. The best and oldest manuscripts of Mark end with chapter. 16:8.( Bruce Metzger) this doesn’t affect the gospel of Marks overall meaning for he highlight that (evidenceforchristianity.org) Jesus the Christ is the Messiah and the savior of mankind. (evidenceforchristianity.org) http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/religion/story/hypothetical.html https://www.bc.edu/schools/stm/crossroads/resources/birthofjesus/intro/the_dating_of_thegospels.html
N.I.V https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Colossians+4%3A10&version=NIV
Colossians 4:10
Bruce Metzger, A Textual Commentary on the Greek New Testament (Stuttgart, 1971), pages 122-126.
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