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FOUNDATIONS OF FAITH IN JESUS M. M. NINAN He also mentions in his letter to Philemon that Mark is one of his fellow workers (Phiemon 24). Peter addressed him as "my son Mark" (1 Peter 5:13). It is very likely that Peter was the one who brought Mark to conversion and raised him up in the faith. Mark was probably the scribe and personal secretary of Peter and likely wrote his gospel in Rome where Peter was based. Mark wrote it in Greek. It was likely written for Gentile readers in general, and for the Christians at Rome in particular. The gospel is usually dated between 55 and 65 AD. Peter was martyred in Rome in 64 AD This was probably the first Gospel to be written since all but 31 verses of Mark are found in the other three Gospels. Hence Mathew, Mark and Luke are called synoptic gospels. It starts with the announcement; The “gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God” (Mark 1:1) We have several early confirmations about these. Clement of Alexandria, (88-97 AD) relying on the authority of "the elder presbyters", tells us "As Peter had preached the Word publicly at Rome, and declared the Gospel by the Spirit, many who were present requested that Mark, who had followed him for a long time and remembered well what he had said, should write them out. And having composed the Gospel he gave it to those who had requested it. When Peter learned of this, he neither directly hindered nor encouraged it." (Fragments of Clement, Eusebius CH 6.14.5-7) The conclusion drawn from this tradition is that the Gospel of Mark largely consists of the preaching of Peter arranged and shaped by Mark (see note on Ac 10:37). Tertullian (160-220) says: "The Gospel which Mark published (edidit) is affirmed to be Peter's, whose interpreter Mark was" ("Contra Marc.", IV, v); Jerome, (347-420) says in one place that Mark wrote a short Gospel at the request of the brethren at Rome, and that Peter authorized it to be read in the Churches ("De Vir. Ill.", viii), and in another place that Mark's Gospel was composed, Peter narrating and Mark writing (Petro narrante et illo scribente--"Ad Hedib.", ep. cxx). Eusebius records Origen’s statement in his Commentary on Matthew in Eusebius Church History 6.25: “Likewise Origen says of it: ‘The second is that according to Mark who composed it, under the guidance of Peter, who therefore, in his Catholic Epistle acknowledged the evangelist as his son.’" In every one of these ancient authorities Mark is regarded as the writer of the Gospel, which is looked upon at the same time as having Apostolic authority, because substantially at least it had come from St. Peter. It can practically be called the Gospel According to Peter. 148
FOUNDATIONS OF FAITH IN JESUS M. M. NINAN The Griesbach hypothesis suggests that the Gospel of Matthew was written first. The Gospel of Luke was written using Matthew as a source. Then the Gospel of Mark was written using both Matthew and Luke. The Streeter's Four Document Hypothesis 149
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