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This 14 page paper begins with a background study of the Gospel of Mark, including who Mark was, where and when it was written, purpose, and literary style. The next section is a verse by verse commentary on the text. The next section in the paper is a sermon about the Parable of the Sower. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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referred to as the Synoptic Gospels because of the many similarities among them. In other words, these three Gospels basically report the same events. The early church agreed that
Mark was written by John Mark, a close associate of the Apostle Peter who told Mark about the teachings of Jesus. It is believed that Mark recorded Peters teachings carefully
and arranged those teachings into this Gospel. Mark is first mentioned in Acts 12:12 in relation to his mother whose home was a meeting place for believers. Mark is
next mentioned in Acts 12:25 when he accompanies Paul and Barnabas and he became a helper to these two on their missionary journey (Acts 13:5) but Mark left them when
they were in Perga, which angered Paul (Acts 13:13; Acts 15:36-39). Many scholars believe that Marks Gospel was the first one written and that both Matthew and Luke used
his writings as the basis for their own Gospels. That would place Marks writing between 50 and 60 A.D. Others believe that Mark wrote his Gospel just before the destruction
of Jerusalem, which would place the writing at around 69 or 70 A.D. Early church tradition places Marks location in Italy and more specifically, in Rome when he wrote
this Gospel. This theory can be supported by the fact that Peter spent his last days in Rome and it was in Rome that Peter was martyred. There is evidence
for this supposition in 2 Timothy 4:11 and 1 Peter 5:13 where the reference to Babylon is actually a cryptogram for Rome where Peter writes: "She who is in Babylon,
chosen together with you, sends you her greetings, and so does my son Mark." Peter thinks so highly of Mark and feels so close to him that he refers to
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