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| | Honest biblical scholars are not experts in the trickery of [[liberal style]] and, as a result, the scholars allow absurd claims of a late authorship to gain unjustified favor. | | Honest biblical scholars are not experts in the trickery of [[liberal style]] and, as a result, the scholars allow absurd claims of a late authorship to gain unjustified favor. |
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| − | There are twelve (12) 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: | + | There are thirteen (13) 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: |
| | *early in [[Paul]]'s ministry, not long after the [[Resurrection]], he quoted from the [[Gospel of Mark]] concerning "the sandals of whose feet I <nowiki>[</nowiki>[[John the Baptist]]<nowiki>]</nowiki> am not worthy to untie" {{bibleref|Acts|13|25}} ([[ESV]]) (taken from {{bibleref|Mark|1|7}}) | | *early in [[Paul]]'s ministry, not long after the [[Resurrection]], he quoted from the [[Gospel of Mark]] concerning "the sandals of whose feet I <nowiki>[</nowiki>[[John the Baptist]]<nowiki>]</nowiki> am not worthy to untie" {{bibleref|Acts|13|25}} ([[ESV]]) (taken from {{bibleref|Mark|1|7}}) |
| | *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;<ref>A comparison of the translations in the past versus present tense is here: [https://www.biblegateway.com/verse/en/Mark%201%3A12].</ref> | | *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;<ref>A comparison of the translations in the past versus present tense is here: [https://www.biblegateway.com/verse/en/Mark%201%3A12].</ref> |
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| | *the Gospel of Mark is by an [[Mark the eyewitness|eyewitness]], many of who were killed or scattered soon after the Resurrection, and would not be expected to have a long, modern-type lifespan; | | *the Gospel of Mark is by an [[Mark the eyewitness|eyewitness]], many of who were killed or scattered soon after the Resurrection, and would not be expected to have a long, modern-type lifespan; |
| | *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, lest they seize it); | | *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, lest they seize it); |
| − | *only this Gospel begins by calling itself "news", namely the "good news" ("gospel"), which suggests timeliness of the reporting rather than a retrospective or historical account; and | + | *only this Gospel begins by calling itself "news", namely the "good news" ("gospel"), which suggests timeliness of the reporting rather than a retrospective or historical account; |
| | + | *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}}; and |
| | *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 contemporaneous account of events, as in "now ...". | | *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 contemporaneous account of events, as in "now ...". |
| | == Nonsensical Liberal Theories == | | == Nonsensical Liberal Theories == |