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... and Matthew used the term only once in copying from Mark
*only the Gospel of Mark declares boldly, Trump-like in style, that it is "the gospel of [[Jesus Christ]], the Son of [[God]]";<ref>Mark 1:1 ([[ESV]]).</ref>
*only the Gospel of Mark declares boldly, Trump-like in style, that it is "the gospel of [[Jesus Christ]], the Son of [[God]]";<ref>Mark 1:1 ([[ESV]]).</ref>
*only the Gospel of Mark bluntly says that that Jesus was a mere carpenter;
*only the Gospel of Mark bluntly says that that Jesus was a mere carpenter;
*only the Gospel of Mark bluntly demotes the [[Sabbath]] as being made for man, not vice-versa;
*only the Gospel of Mark brazenly demotes the [[Sabbath]] as being made for man, not vice-versa, as Jesus declared;
*only the Gospel of Mark endorses the right of unauthorized [[free speech]]: “But [[Jesus]] said, 'Do not stop him, for no one who does a mighty work in my name will be able soon afterward to speak evil of me.'”<ref>Mark 9:39 ([[ESV]]). ''See also'' [https://biblehub.com/mark/9-39.htm Biblehub].</ref>
*only the Gospel of Mark endorses the right of unauthorized [[free speech]]: “But [[Jesus]] said, 'Do not stop him, for no one who does a mighty work in my name will be able soon afterward to speak evil of me.'”<ref>Mark 9:39 ([[ESV]]). ''See also'' [https://biblehub.com/mark/9-39.htm Biblehub].</ref>
*Mark's discussion of the Apostles is more critical than in other Gospels, as in explaining Jesus's rebuke of [[Peter]] (Mark 8:32), in observing how the Apostles did not understand what Jesus was telling them and were too afraid to ask him (Mark 9:32), and in describing from the shore how Jesus "meant to pass by" the Apostles in their boat when he walked on water (Mark 6:45-56)<ref>[[ESV]].</ref>
*Mark's discussion of the Apostles is more critical than in other Gospels, as in explaining Jesus's rebuke of [[Peter]] (Mark 8:32), in observing how the Apostles did not understand what Jesus was telling them and were too afraid to ask him (Mark 9:32), and in describing from the shore how Jesus "meant to pass by" the Apostles in their boat when he walked on water (Mark 6:45-56)<ref>[[ESV]].</ref>
*only the Gospel of Mark is written from the perspective of a non-Apostle outsider, and Mark was never invited by the Apostles into their group; and
*only the Gospel of Mark is written from the perspective of a non-Apostle outsider, and Mark was never invited by the Apostles into their group; and
*the Gospel of Mark coined the anti-[[Establishment]], Trump-like term of mockery -- the "Herodians" -- which Mark used twice while Luke and John declined to use the term, and Matthew used it only once.
*the Gospel of Mark coined the anti-[[Establishment]], Trump-like term of mockery -- the "Herodians" -- which Mark used twice while Luke and John declined to use the term, and Matthew used the term only once in copying from Mark.
Scientific testing confirmed that a recently discovered transcript from the Gospel of Mark dates from before A.D. 90, when Mark may have still been living given that he was merely a boy during the Ministry.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20150325223910/https://earliestchristianity.wordpress.com/category/textual-criticism/ First-Century Mark Manuscript: More News?] (web.archive.org)</ref> Indeed, the earliest manuscripts of the Gospel of Mark (and the Gospel of Matthew) are estimated to be from A.D. 60s.<ref name="McCall">http://www.levitt.com/essays/language</ref> Those oldest manuscripts are in Greek, and no ancient manuscript of the Gospel of Mark or the Gospel of Matthew has ever been discovered in [[Aramaic]].<ref name="McCall"/>
Scientific testing confirmed that a recently discovered transcript from the Gospel of Mark dates from before A.D. 90, when Mark may have still been living given that he was merely a boy during the Ministry.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20150325223910/https://earliestchristianity.wordpress.com/category/textual-criticism/ First-Century Mark Manuscript: More News?] (web.archive.org)</ref> Indeed, the earliest manuscripts of the Gospel of Mark (and the Gospel of Matthew) are estimated to be from A.D. 60s.<ref name="McCall">http://www.levitt.com/essays/language</ref> Those oldest manuscripts are in Greek, and no ancient manuscript of the Gospel of Mark or the Gospel of Matthew has ever been discovered in [[Aramaic]].<ref name="McCall"/>