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Honest biblical scholars are not experts in the trickery of [[liberal style]] and, as a result, the scholars allow absurd claims of a late authorship to gain unjustified favor.

Honest biblical scholars are not experts in the trickery of [[liberal style]] and, as a result, the scholars allow absurd claims of a late authorship to gain unjustified favor.

There are eight (8) reasons why the date of authorship of the [[Gospel of Mark]] was soon after the [[Resurrection]], or even prior to it as an ongoing account:

There are nine (9) reasons why the date of authorship of the [[Gospel of Mark]] was soon after the [[Resurrection]], or even prior to it as an ongoing account:

*early in [[Paul]]'s ministry, not long after the [[Resurrection]], he quoted from the [[Gospel of Mark]] concerning "the sandals of whose feet I <nowiki>[</nowiki>[[John the Baptist]]<nowiki>]</nowiki> am not worthy to untie" {{bibleref|Acts|13|25}} ([[ESV]]) (taken from {{bibleref|Mark|1|7}})

*early in [[Paul]]'s ministry, not long after the [[Resurrection]], he quoted from the [[Gospel of Mark]] concerning "the sandals of whose feet I <nowiki>[</nowiki>[[John the Baptist]]<nowiki>]</nowiki> am not worthy to untie" {{bibleref|Acts|13|25}} ([[ESV]]) (taken from {{bibleref|Mark|1|7}})

*the [[Gospel of Mark]], without the [[Mark ending]] apparently added later, omits subsequent events after the [[Resurrection]], implying that it was finalized with the Resurrection;

*the [[Gospel of Mark]], without the [[Mark ending]] apparently added later, omits subsequent events after the [[Resurrection]], implying that it was finalized with the Resurrection;

*the Gospel of Mark contains remarkable detail early in [[Jesus]]s's ministry that would have faded in recollection if written long afterwards;

*the Gospel of Mark contains remarkable detail early in [[Jesus]]s's ministry that would have faded in recollection if written long afterwards;

*the [[Gospel of Matthew]] and the [[Gospel of Luke]], both written within decades of [[Jesus]]'s ministry, copied extensively and independently from the Gospel of Mark which must therefore had been available far earlier;  

*the [[Gospel of Matthew]] and the [[Gospel of Luke]], both written within decades of [[Jesus]]'s ministry, copied extensively and independently from the Gospel of Mark which must therefore had been available far earlier;  

*the availability of [[scribe]]s made it possible, even likely, that a disciple of [[Jesus]] dictated regularly to a scribe as the events unfolded; and

*the availability of [[scribe]]s made it possible, even likely, that a disciple of [[Jesus]] dictated regularly to a scribe as the events unfolded;

*the Gospel of Mark is by an [[Mark the eyewitness|eyewitness]], many of who were killed or scattered soon after the Resurrection, and would not be expected to have a long, modern-type lifespan.

*the Gospel of Mark is by an [[Mark the eyewitness|eyewitness]], many of who were killed or scattered soon after the Resurrection, and would not be expected to have a long, modern-type lifespan; and

*the Gospel of Mark uses εὐθὺς 41 times, compared with only 10 times in the rest of the entire [[New Testament]], and the translation of εὐθὺς as "immediately ..." seems off: instead, it should be recognized as a term used for a contemporaneous account of events, as in "now ...".

== Nonsensical Liberal Theories ==

== Nonsensical Liberal Theories ==

With nonsensical [[liberal style]], [[liberal]]s have long asserted that the [[Gospel of Mark]] was written around the time of the destruction of the Second Temple in [[Jerusalem]].  But [[Mark]], a Roman name for a Gentile, showed no interest in politics, [[Hebrew]] culture, conflicts with the [[Roman Empire]], or the [[Old Testament]] as being consummated by [[Jesus]].  Nothing about Mark suggests that he would was have been part of the armed conflicts around Jerusalem that included the fall of the Second Temple in AD 70.

With nonsensical [[liberal style]], [[liberal]]s have long asserted that the [[Gospel of Mark]] was written around the time of the destruction of the Second Temple in [[Jerusalem]].  But [[Mark]], a Roman name for a Gentile, showed no interest in politics, [[Hebrew]] culture, conflicts with the [[Roman Empire]], or the [[Old Testament]] as being consummated by [[Jesus]].  Nothing about Mark suggests that he would have been part of the armed conflicts around Jerusalem that included the fall of the Second Temple in AD 70.

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