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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''' was the author of 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, probably without authorization by the [[Apostles]].  It was written in [[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>

'''Mark''' was the author of 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, probably without authorization by the [[Apostles]].  It was written in [[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>

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 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>).

Some link Mark to John Mark as referenced in Acts 12:12.  Others suggest that Mark accompanied [[Paul]] and [[Barnabas]], his cousin, on their missionary journey.<ref>Acts 12:25</ref>  Mark’s unexplained departure from that trip at Perga possibly caused a later split between Paul and Barnabas, when Paul refused to take Mark on the second mission.  Barnabas, in loyalty to his cousin Mark, broke off his relationship with Paul and traveled with Mark instead to [[Cyprus]].<ref>Acts 15:36-39</ref>  Later Paul realized he was wrong about Mark and requested him to come visit.  Mark and Paul were reunited and went on an additional trip together.

 

 

Some link Mark to "John Mark" as referenced in Acts 12:12.  Others suggest that Mark accompanied [[Paul]] and [[Barnabas]], his cousin, on their missionary journey.<ref>Acts 12:25</ref>  Mark’s unexplained departure from that trip at Perga possibly caused a later split between Paul and Barnabas, when Paul refused to take Mark on the second mission.  Barnabas, in loyalty to his cousin Mark, broke off his relationship with Paul and traveled with Mark instead to [[Cyprus]].<ref>Acts 15:36-39</ref>  Later Paul realized he was wrong about Mark and requested him to come visit.  Mark and Paul were reunited and went on an additional trip together.

A theory suggests that Mark was close to the Apostle [[Peter]], who once described Mark as "my son.".<ref>I Peter 5:13</ref>  According to [[Papias]], Mark was the interpreter for Peter and the Gospel According to Mark is often considered to be Peter’s Gospel as transcribed by Mark. In Acts 12:12 when Peter escapes from prison, he goes to the home of Mark's mother, which was then the center of the Church.<ref>''The Men, the Meaning, and the Message of the New Testament Books'', William Barclay, Westminster Press, 1977, page 15</ref>  If Mark 14:51-52 is truly a self-description of Mark as a young man, which some scholars believe, then the [[Last Supper]] (Mark 14:22-25) was also held in the home of Mark's mother.

A theory suggests that Mark was close to the Apostle [[Peter]], who once described Mark as "my son.".<ref>I Peter 5:13</ref>  According to [[Papias]], Mark was the interpreter for Peter and the Gospel According to Mark is often considered to be Peter’s Gospel as transcribed by Mark. In Acts 12:12 when Peter escapes from prison, he goes to the home of Mark's mother, which was then the center of the Church.<ref>''The Men, the Meaning, and the Message of the New Testament Books'', William Barclay, Westminster Press, 1977, page 15</ref>  If Mark 14:51-52 is truly a self-description of Mark as a young man, which some scholars believe, then the [[Last Supper]] (Mark 14:22-25) was also held in the home of Mark's mother.