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::''This is a page about the author. For the Gospel, see [[Gospel of Mark]]''

::''This is a page about the author. For the Gospel, see [[Gospel of Mark]]''

'''Mark''', also known as John Mark,<ref>Acts 12:12</ref> was the author of the second Gospel, the [[Gospel of Mark]].  Though placed second in the [[New Testament]] due to its incompleteness,<ref>The original Gospel of Mark lacks any account of Jesus's background or the [[Resurrection]], neither of which the non-Apostle Mark would have known anything about.</ref> the Gospel of Mark was probably the first Gospel written, perhaps without initial authorization by the [[Apostles]].  Written in [[Greek]] for a [[Christian]] audience, Mark’s Gospel is a mixture of theology and history.  It is written in a simple, forceful style.  As a young boy, Mark was almost certainly an eyewitness to the arrest of [[Jesus]], as described in Mark 14:51-52.  Mark was probably also the boy mentioned at John 6:8-9 ("One of His disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, *said to Him, “There is a boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish; but what are these for so many people?”<ref>[[NASB]] version.</ref>

'''Mark''', also known as John Mark,<ref>Acts 12:12</ref> was the author of the second Gospel, the [[Gospel of Mark]].  Though placed second in the [[New Testament]] due to its incompleteness,<ref>The original Gospel of Mark lacks any account of Jesus's background or the [[Resurrection]], neither of which the non-Apostle Mark would have known anything about.</ref> the Gospel of Mark was probably the first Gospel written, perhaps without initial authorization by the [[Apostles]].  Written in [[Greek]] for a [[Christian]] audience, Mark’s Gospel is a mixture of theology and history.  It is written in a simple, forceful style.  As a young boy, Mark was almost certainly an eyewitness to the arrest of [[Jesus]], as described in Mark 14:51-52.  Mark was probably also the boy mentioned at John 6:8-9 ("One of His disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, *said to Him, “There is a boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish; but what are these for so many people?”).<ref>[[NASB]] version.</ref>

Mark was likely too young to be an Apostle of Jesus, and probably simply accompanied his mother when she followed Jesus.  See the [[Gospel of Mark]] for a discussion of how young Mark was.  Mark's description of [[Jesus]] walking on water is from the perspective of watching it from the shore, where someone too young to be with the [[Apostle]]s in the boat would have been.<ref>Mark 6:45-49.</ref>  Mark's description thereby contrasts with that by the Apostles Matthew and John.<ref>https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/questions/30437/why-is-it-only-matthew-who-records-peter-walking-on-water-in-matthew-1426-31</ref>

Mark was likely too young to be an Apostle of Jesus, and probably simply accompanied his mother when she followed Jesus.  See the [[Gospel of Mark]] for a discussion of how young Mark was.  Mark's description of [[Jesus]] walking on water is from the perspective of watching it from the shore, where someone too young to be with the [[Apostle]]s in the boat would have been.<ref>Mark 6:45-49.</ref>  Mark's description thereby contrasts with that by the Apostles Matthew and John.<ref>https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/questions/30437/why-is-it-only-matthew-who-records-peter-walking-on-water-in-matthew-1426-31</ref>