'''Markan priority''', also spelled '''Marcan priority''', is the [[hypothesis]] that the Gospel of Mark was written before Matthew and Luke. It dismisses the [[Augustinian hypothesis]], which holds that Matthew was the first Gospel, written by Matthew the Evangelist, and that Mark amplified some of the material in Matthew with additional details. | '''Markan priority''', also spelled '''Marcan priority''', is the [[hypothesis]] that the Gospel of Mark was written before Matthew and Luke. It dismisses the [[Augustinian hypothesis]], which holds that Matthew was the first Gospel, written by Matthew the Evangelist, and that Mark amplified some of the material in Matthew with additional details. |