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The Book Of Mark -- A Brief Overview, Part 1 Of 2
In regard to the book of Mark…By whom written.--The author of this
Gospel has been universally believed to be Mark or Marcus, designated in
(Acts 12:12,25; 15:37) as John Mark, and in ch. 5,13 as John.
When is was written.--Upon this point nothing absolutely certain can
be affirmed, and the Gospel itself affords us no information. The most
direct testimony is that of Irenaeus, who says it was after the death of
the apostles Peter and Paul. We may conclude, therefore, that this
Gospel was not written before A.D. 63. Again we may as certainly
conclude that it was not written after the destruction of Jerusalem, for
it is not likely that he would have omitted to record so remarkable a
fulfillment of our Lord's predictions. Hence A.D. 63-70 becomes our
limit, but nearer than this we cannot go.--Farrar.
Where it was written.--As to the place, the weight of testimony is
uniformly in favor of the belief that the Gospel was written and
published at Rome. In this Clement, Eusebius, Jerome, Epiphanius, all
agree. Chrysostom, indeed, asserts that it was published at Alexandria;
but his statement receives no confirmation, as otherwise it could not
fail to have done, from any Alexandrine writer.--Farrar.
In what language.--As to the language in which it was written, there
never has been any reasonable doubt that it was written in Greek.
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