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== Mark's Identity ==
== Mark's Identity ==
Mark was almost certainly a [[Gentile]], as he describes without precision Jewish customs in his Gospel. Also, his bold opening sentence would have been blasphemy punishable by death under [[Jewish]] law, proclaiming (unlike the other [[the Gospels|Gospels]]) that his work is "the gospel of [[Jesus Christ]], the Son of [[God]]."<ref>Mark 1:1 ([[ESV]]).</ref> In addition, Mark was always an outsider with respect to [[the Apostles]], and was not invited into their group after the [[Resurrection]] or when a new 12th Apostle was chosen. Furthermore, Mark was more critical of the [[Sabbath]], the Apostles themselves, and even Jesus's family who rejected him, in his Gospel than other Gospel writers were. ''See'' Mark 3:21 (And when his family heard it, they went out to seize him, for they were saying, “He is out of his mind.”<ref>[[ESV]].</ref>).
Mark may have been a [[Gentile]], as he describes without precision Jewish customs in his Gospel. Also, his bold opening sentence would have been blasphemy punishable by death under [[Jewish]] law, proclaiming (unlike the other [[the Gospels|Gospels]]) that his work is "the gospel of [[Jesus Christ]], the Son of [[God]]."<ref>Mark 1:1 ([[ESV]]).</ref> In addition, Mark was always an outsider with respect to [[the Apostles]], and was not invited into their group after the [[Resurrection]] or when a new 12th Apostle was chosen. Furthermore, Mark was more critical of the [[Sabbath]], the Apostles themselves, and even Jesus's family who rejected him, in his Gospel than other Gospel writers were. ''See'' Mark 3:21 (And when his family heard it, they went out to seize him, for they were saying, “He is out of his mind.”<ref>[[ESV]].</ref>).
Mark preferred [[Aramaic]] and quoted [[Jesus]] in Aramaic while the other authors of [[the Gospels]] did not. Also, Mark was the first to say that [[Jesus]] had changed the Jewish law for blasphemy, such that those who blasphemed anyone except the [[Holy Spirit]] would be forgiven.
Mark preferred [[Aramaic]] and quoted [[Jesus]] in Aramaic while the other authors of [[the Gospels]] did not. Also, Mark was the first to say that [[Jesus]] had changed the Jewish law for blasphemy, such that those who blasphemed anyone except the [[Holy Spirit]] would be forgiven.