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Aschlafly: See also {{bibleref|Mark|4|10}}: "And when he was alone, ''those present'' along with the Twelve questioned him about the parables."

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See also {{bibleref|Mark|4|10}}: "And when he was alone, ''those present'' along with the Twelve questioned him about the parables."

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 == Mark's Identity ==
-Mark may have been of Jewish descent, born to a Jewish family in Cyrene, North Africa (modern-day Libya). It is argued that his parents were of the tribe of Levi. While he is known for writing the Gospel of Mark, which is thought to have been directed towards a Gentile (non-Jewish) audience, this does not mean he himself was not Jewish.
+Mark may have been of Jewish descent, born to a Jewish family in Cyrene, North Africa (modern-day Libya).<ref>[https://www.ewtn.com/catholicism/saints/mark-686 St. Mark], EWTN</ref> It is argued that his parents were of the tribe of Levi. While he is known for writing the Gospel of Mark, which is thought to have been directed towards a Gentile (non-Jewish) audience, this does not mean he himself was not Jewish.
 Mark may have been a [[Gentile]], as he describes without precision Jewish customs in his Gospel.  Also, his bold opening sentence would have been blasphemy punishable by death under [[Jewish]] law, proclaiming (unlike the other [[the Gospels|Gospels]]) that his work is "the gospel of [[Jesus Christ]], the Son of [[God]]."<ref>Mark 1:1 ([[ESV]]).</ref> In addition, Mark was always an outsider with respect to [[the Apostles]], and was not invited into their group after the [[Resurrection]] or when a new 12th Apostle was chosen.  Furthermore, Mark was more critical of the [[Sabbath]], the Apostles themselves, and even Jesus's family who rejected him, in his Gospel than other Gospel writers were.  ''See'' Mark 3:21 (And when his family heard it, they went out to seize him, for they were saying, “He is out of his mind.”<ref>[[ESV]].</ref>).

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		+	Mark may have been of Jewish descent, born to a Jewish family in Cyrene, North Africa (modern-day Libya). It is argued that his parents were of the tribe of Levi. While he is known for writing the Gospel of Mark, which is thought to have been directed towards a Gentile (non-Jewish) audience, this does not mean he himself was not Jewish.

	Mark may have been a [[Gentile]], as he describes without precision Jewish customs in his Gospel. Also, his bold opening sentence would have been blasphemy punishable by death under [[Jewish]] law, proclaiming (unlike the other [[the Gospels\|Gospels]]) that his work is "the gospel of [[Jesus Christ]], the Son of [[God]]."<ref>Mark 1:1 ([[ESV]]).</ref> In addition, Mark was always an outsider with respect to [[the Apostles]], and was not invited into their group after the [[Resurrection]] or when a new 12th Apostle was chosen. Furthermore, Mark was more critical of the [[Sabbath]], the Apostles themselves, and even Jesus's family who rejected him, in his Gospel than other Gospel writers were. ''See'' Mark 3:21 (And when his family heard it, they went out to seize him, for they were saying, “He is out of his mind.”<ref>[[ESV]].</ref>).		Mark may have been a [[Gentile]], as he describes without precision Jewish customs in his Gospel. Also, his bold opening sentence would have been blasphemy punishable by death under [[Jewish]] law, proclaiming (unlike the other [[the Gospels\|Gospels]]) that his work is "the gospel of [[Jesus Christ]], the Son of [[God]]."<ref>Mark 1:1 ([[ESV]]).</ref> In addition, Mark was always an outsider with respect to [[the Apostles]], and was not invited into their group after the [[Resurrection]] or when a new 12th Apostle was chosen. Furthermore, Mark was more critical of the [[Sabbath]], the Apostles themselves, and even Jesus's family who rejected him, in his Gospel than other Gospel writers were. ''See'' Mark 3:21 (And when his family heard it, they went out to seize him, for they were saying, “He is out of his mind.”<ref>[[ESV]].</ref>).

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 == Mark's Identity ==
-Mark was almost certainly a [[Gentile]], as he describes without precision Jewish customs in his Gospel.  Also, his bold opening sentence would have been blasphemy punishable by death under [[Jewish]] law, proclaiming (unlike the other [[the Gospels|Gospels]]) that his work is "the gospel of [[Jesus Christ]], the Son of [[God]]."<ref>Mark 1:1 ([[ESV]]).</ref> In addition, Mark was always an outsider with respect to [[the Apostles]], and was not invited into their group after the [[Resurrection]] or when a new 12th Apostle was chosen.  Furthermore, Mark was more critical of the [[Sabbath]], the Apostles themselves, and even Jesus's family who rejected him, in his Gospel than other Gospel writers were.  ''See'' Mark 3:21 (And when his family heard it, they went out to seize him, for they were saying, “He is out of his mind.”<ref>[[ESV]].</ref>).
+Mark may have been a [[Gentile]], as he describes without precision Jewish customs in his Gospel.  Also, his bold opening sentence would have been blasphemy punishable by death under [[Jewish]] law, proclaiming (unlike the other [[the Gospels|Gospels]]) that his work is "the gospel of [[Jesus Christ]], the Son of [[God]]."<ref>Mark 1:1 ([[ESV]]).</ref> In addition, Mark was always an outsider with respect to [[the Apostles]], and was not invited into their group after the [[Resurrection]] or when a new 12th Apostle was chosen.  Furthermore, Mark was more critical of the [[Sabbath]], the Apostles themselves, and even Jesus's family who rejected him, in his Gospel than other Gospel writers were.  ''See'' Mark 3:21 (And when his family heard it, they went out to seize him, for they were saying, “He is out of his mind.”<ref>[[ESV]].</ref>).
 Mark preferred [[Aramaic]] and quoted [[Jesus]] in Aramaic while the other authors of [[the Gospels]] did not.  Also, Mark was the first to say that [[Jesus]] had changed the Jewish law for blasphemy, such that those who blasphemed anyone except the [[Holy Spirit]] would be forgiven.

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 Artist: Andrea Mantegna]]
 ::''This is a page about the author. For Mark's Gospel, see [[Gospel of Mark]]''.
-'''Mark''' was the eyewitness author of the [[Gospel of Mark]], and outsider to the group of [[the Apostles]].  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, probably without authorization by the [[Apostles]].  It was written in [[Koine Greek]] 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>  ''See also'' {{bibleref|Mark|4|10}}: "And when he was alone, ''those present'' along with the Twelve questioned him about the [[parables]]."<ref>[[New American Bible]] version quoted here (emphasis added).</ref>
+'''Mark''' was the eyewitness author of the [[Gospel of Mark]], and outsider to the group of [[the Apostles]].  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, probably without authorization by the [[Apostles]].  It was written in [[Koine Greek]] in a simple, forceful style.  As a young boy, Mark may have been 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>  ''See also'' {{bibleref|Mark|4|10}}: "And when he was alone, ''those present'' along with the Twelve questioned him about the [[parables]]."<ref>[[New American Bible]] version quoted here (emphasis added).</ref>
 Mark was likely too young to be an [[Apostle]] of Jesus, and probably simply accompanied his mother (likely [[Salome]] as uniquely mentioned at {{bible ref|Mark|15|40}} and {{bible ref|Mark|16|1}}) 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> By a tradition in the [[Coptic Church]], Mark was an attendant at the wedding in [[Cana]].<ref>https://www.copticchurch.net/synaxarium/saints/mark.html</ref>

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 ===Traditional Misinformation about Mark===
+[[File:Saint Mark Frans Hals 085.jpg|right|thumbnail|300px|Saint Mark by Frans Hals (1625)]]
 Although his concise [[Gospel of Mark|gospel]] was plainly written by an outsider, there have been strained attempts to fit Mark into the group.

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 *[https://bible.fandom.com/wiki/Mark_the_Evangelist Mark the Evangelist], Bible Wiki
 *[https://www.nationalshrine.org/blog/the-life-and-gospel-of-saint-mark-the-evangelist/ The Life and Gospel of Saint Mark the Evangelist]
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