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Introduction to the Gospel of Mark and Authorship.
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Introduction to the Gospel of Mark and Authorship. The Gospel of Mark is anonymous; there is no internal, direct evidence for its authorship. It was only during the second century that the title "According to Mark" was assigned to the work in order to distinguish it from the others. However, there is internal, indirect evidence that can be examined in order to find the most likely candidate as the author. The earliest piece of external, direct evidence comes to us from Papias, bishop of Hierapolis, in about 130 AD. Papias states that Mark never encountered Jesus but later became the disciple and 'interpreter' of Peter. On the basis of Peter's teaching about the words and deeds of Jesus, he drew up an account, which was accurate, but not 'in order' Eusebius who holds view similar to that of Papias is expressed by Justin Martyr, he refers to a passage in Mark's...
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