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'''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.  

Since the 19th century most scholars have agreed wthat the [[Gospel of Mark]] was written first.

Beginning in the mid-19th century, most scholars have come to agree that the [[Gospel of Mark]] was written first. More than 90% of the [[Gospel of Mark]] is in either Matthew or Luke as they mostly follow Mark's sequence and when one deviates, the other adheres to Mark's order. Matthew and Luke did improve on Mark's simple Greek.

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