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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. |
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| − | There are eleven (11) 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 twelve (12) 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 verb tenses in this Gospel are often in the present, as a daily log or diary would be rather than a historical account, and many translations convert to the past tense while others consider this a proper use of the historical present;<ref>A comparison of the translations in the past versus present tense is here: [https://www.biblegateway.com/verse/en/Mark%201%3A12].</ref> |
| | *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 is concise and to-the-point, almost like notes, while a later work would have been (and was) more verbose; | | *the Gospel of Mark is concise and to-the-point, almost like notes, while a later work would have been (and was) more verbose; |