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'''John Mark''' was an early [[Christian]] [[evangelist]] mentioned in the [[New Testament]], such as {{bibleref|Acts|12|12}} and [[2 Timothy]], though believed by some as not holding authorship of the [[Gospel of Mark]] as some historians have suggested.

'''John Mark''' was an early [[Christian]] [[evangelist]] mentioned in the [[New Testament]], such as {{bibleref|Acts|12|12}} and [[2 Timothy]], though believed by some as not holding authorship of the [[Gospel of Mark]] as some historians have suggested.

Speculations why John Mark was not the author of the Gospel of Mark include:

John Mark was not the author of the Gospel of Mark based on the following:

* Mark was his surname, but the Gospel authors went by their first name, and his was John;

* 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;

* [[Luke]] refers to John Mark disparagingly, yet Luke copied extensively in the [[Gospel of Luke]] from the Gospel of Mark;

* John was a common Semitic name, while Mark was a common Roman name; it is unjustified to link two persons on the basis alone that 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 on the basis alone that they shared one of those names.

However, the Church Fathers strongly concurred in attributing the authorship of the Gospel of Mark to John Mark.<ref>Malick, David (July 3, 2004). [https://bible.org/article/introduction-gospel-mark An Introduction to the Gospel Of Mark]. ''Bible.org''. Retrieved May 14, 2023.</ref>

However, some [[Church Fathers]] attributed the authorship of the Gospel of Mark to John Mark.<ref>Malick, David (July 3, 2004). [https://bible.org/article/introduction-gospel-mark An Introduction to the Gospel Of Mark]. ''Bible.org''. Retrieved May 14, 2023.</ref>

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