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| | *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 brazenly demotes the [[Sabbath]] as being made for man, not vice-versa, as Jesus declared; | + | *only the Gospel of Mark brazenly demotes the [[Sabbath]] as being made for man, not vice-versa, as Jesus declared;<ref>Only Mark quotes Jesus saying, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath." Mark 2:27 (ESV).</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> | | *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> |