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→Style: Though generally the boldest of the four Gospels, the Gospel of Mark does not make the claim in the Gospel of Matthew that some of the Apostles would see Jesus return before they died.
==Style==
==Style==
The Gospel of Mark is concise: it contains a total of only 14,949 words,<ref>https://holyword.church/miscellaneous-resources/how-many-words-in-each-book-of-the-bible/</ref> which can be easily read in its entirely in merely 2 hours. It has far less than half of the number of words in the [[Book of Genesis]].
The Gospel of Mark is bold and concise: it contains a total of only 14,949 words,<ref>https://holyword.church/miscellaneous-resources/how-many-words-in-each-book-of-the-bible/</ref> which can be easily read in its entirely in merely 2 hours. It has far less than half of the number of words in the [[Book of Genesis]].
This Gospel, ordered as the second of the four Gospels, was written in Greek, being that Greek was widely spoken in the Roman empire in the first century. [[Koine Greek|Greek]] was the ''lingua franca'' of the times.
Paul wrote to the Romans in Greek.
Paul wrote to the Romans in Greek.
The Gospel of Mark contains 662 verses, of which 406 are also in the Gospels of [[Gospel of Matthew|Matthew]] and the [[Gospel of Luke|Luke]], while 51 verses are unique to the Gospel of Mark itself.<ref>https://christiananswers.net/dictionary/markgospelaccordingto.html</ref>
The Gospel of Mark contains 662 verses, of which 406 are also in the Gospels of [[Gospel of Matthew|Matthew]] and the [[Gospel of Luke|Luke]], while 51 verses are unique to the Gospel of Mark itself.<ref>https://christiananswers.net/dictionary/markgospelaccordingto.html</ref>
Though generally the boldest of the four Gospels, the Gospel of Mark does not make the claim in the [[Gospel of Matthew]] that some of [[the Apostles]] would see [[Jesus]] return before they died.
==See also==
==See also==