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Explain why some people think that Mark's Gospel was written for non-Jews facing persecution
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(a) (ii) Explain why some people think that Mark's Gospel was written for non-Jews facing persecution To start we must understand where and why Mark wrote the Gospel. It is most likely that Mark wrote the Gospel in Rome. Mark was Peter's interpreter of the things he encountered with Jesus and Mark wrote all this down as accurately as possible sharing some but not all experiences that happened during the time of Jesus. Also it is said that Peter sent greetings from Rome from Mark himself. It is not definite that he was in Rome at he time, but since Peter died in Rome at the time, we have reason to believe that Marks Gospel was written in Rome. We also have reason to believe that Marks Gospel was written for non-Jews . For example in the Gospel he says Jewish and Aramaic words then explain them, such as "corban", and...
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