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The Greek verb Mark uses in the text is synonymous with driving out demons, and the wilderness at times represents a place of struggle. [52] The two verses in Mark used to describe Jesus' Temptation quickly progress him into his career as a preacher.
The Jesus Seminar concluded that this was one of the authentic ("red") acts of Jesus, recorded in Mark 1:1–8, Matthew 3:1–12, Luke 3:1–20, Gospel of the Ebionites 1, and which it calls "A voice in the wilderness".
Only Mark gives healing commands of Jesus in the (presumably original) Aramaic: Talitha koum, [104] Ephphatha. [105] See Aramaic of Jesus. Only place in the New Testament where Jesus is referred to as "the son of Mary". [106] Mark is the only gospel where Jesus himself is called a carpenter; [106] in Matthew he is called a carpenter's son. [107]
Jesus fed Jewish listeners in Mark 6 and he most probably feeds a gentile crowd here, [12] although C. M. Tuckett argues that it is not certain that the crowd in chapter 8 is a gentile gathering. [22] Jesus refuses to perform a miracle for the Pharisees, who ask for one, but performs miracles for the Gentiles, who do not.
Mark the Evangelist is most often depicted writing or holding his gospel. [54] In Christian tradition, Mark the Evangelist is symbolized by a winged lion. [55] Mark the Evangelist attributes are the lion in the desert; he can be depicted as a bishop on a throne decorated with lions; as a man helping Venetian sailors.
In the Gospel of Mark, generally agreed to be the earliest Gospel, written around the year 70, [3] [4] Jesus predicts his death three times, recorded in Mark 8:31-33, 9:30-32 and 10:32-34. Scholars note that this Gospel also contains verses in which Jesus appears to predict his Passion and suggest that these represent the earlier traditions ...
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The Hebrew scriptures were an important source for the New Testament authors. [13] There are 27 direct quotations in the Gospel of Mark, 54 in Matthew, 24 in Luke, and 14 in John, and the influence of the scriptures is vastly increased when allusions and echoes are included, [14] with half of Mark's gospel being made up of allusions to and citations of the scriptures. [15]