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By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University) The Gospel of Mark is the earliest, the shortest, and in many ways, the most mysterious of the four gospels in the New Testament. Thought to have been written some time after AD 64 (when Nero began persecuting Christians following the great fire of Rome), Mark’s gospel shows the….
Explore the bold actions and words of Jesus in the book of Mark in the Bible. Learn about the book’s design, key themes, and core message with videos, podcasts, and more from BibleProject™.
Mark is the Gospel of youth; it is so brief, so vivid, so stirring, so strong; and these same qualities adapt the story to the active, restless, vigorous spirit of the whole modern world.
Mark is to guess at the circumstances of those first readers. The tradition places the book in Rome after the death of Peter, and so written in the aftermath of Nero’s persecutions.
Observing the Opposition (Mark 1.16—3.34) One of the ways Mark reveals the character of Jesus is by his brushes with opponents: the demonic powers that swirl, the Jewish leaders who challenge, and the Roman rulers who ultimately sentence him.
This paper seeks to explore the historical character of the Gospel of Mark. It attempts to review and discuss such important aspects of the Gospel that fall within the framework of critical-historical study of an ancient document.
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The Gospel of Mark is attributed to being written by John Mark. Mark's Gospel is the 'shortest and most action-packed Gospel' written 'in the form of a story.'
