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up to 14 reasons now
this Gospel uses the "Markan sandwich'' style whereby a narrative is described in the middle of another narrative, but the best and simplest explanation for this is that Mark described events as they occurred, with interruptions as they do occur i
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June 12, 2025
Mark introduces Rufus at {{bibleref|Mark|15|21}}, the only Gospel write to do so, and later Paul refers favorably to Rufus and his mother at {{bibleref|Romans|16|13}}
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the verb tenses in this Gospel are often in the present, as a daily log or diary would be rather than a historical account, and many translations convert to the past tense while others consider this a proper use of the historical present
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reason #1 this was akin to a daily log or timely news account
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June 11, 2025
this Gospel has no preface, introduction or background, just as a daily log or diary would not, and this implies it was not a book written later but rather an ongoing account written and circulated at the time (but without letter authorities know about it
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... similar to a daily log or diary
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9 reasons now for the date of origin being during the ministry and Resurrection
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the Gospel of Mark uses εὐθὺς 41 times, compared with only 10 times in the rest of the entire New Testament, and the translation of εὐθὺς as "immediately ..." seems off: instead, it should be recognized as a term used for a contemporaneo
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early in Paul's ministry, not long after the Resurrection, he quoted from the Gospel of Mark ....
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There are seven (7) reasons why the date of authorship of the Gospel of Mark was soon after the Resurrection, or even prior to it as an ongoing account
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liberals: to assign as late a date as possible
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liberal logic for the Bible is that when a work is known to have been composed before a certain event, as in the Temple's destruction in AD 70, then liberals say that is when the work was written.
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