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The book of Mark
For a few decades after the resurrection and ascension of Christ, the world did not have the full written gospel record.
During those years the redemptive message of the gospel was being proclaimed mainly by word of mouth (read ) based on trustworthy recollections of eyewitnesses.
And at least some of those recollections were being written out on scrolls for a more permanent record.
We don’t know the exact circumstances of the writing of each of the four gospels, but we are confident that each appeared on divine schedule according to a divine plan.
Mark was one of the four.
Mark was born some 10-15 years after Jesus of Nazareth and Saul of Tarsus, so he may have been in his late teens at the time of Jesus’ public ministry.
His parents gave him the Hebrew name John and his Roman surname of Mark may have been adopted at a later time in his life
indicates that Mark was a cousin of Barnabas a key person in Acts chps 4-15.
Mark’s mother Mary was devout woman of prosperous means.
The Gospel of Mark shows Jesus as the Servant of God, as a Workman of God.1
1 Guzik, D. (2013).
Mark ().
Santa Barbara, CA: David Guzik.
a.
For this reason, the Gospel of Mark is a “busy” book.
In this Gospel, Jesus seems the busiest, quickly moving from one event to another.
One of the key words in the Gospel is immediately, occurring more than 40 times in Mark.
We see Jesus as a servant—busy meeting needs and busy being God’s Messiah.
b.
In the Gospel of Mark, the emphasis is on the deeds of Jesus more than on the words of Jesus.
“The Gospel of Mark pictures Christ in action.
There is a minimum of discourse and a maximum of deed.”
(Robertson1
1 Guzik, D. (2013).
Mark ().
Santa Barbara, CA: David Guzik.
2. Strong church tradition says that the Apostle Peter is the main source of Mark’s gospel.
Some think of Mark as “The Gospel According to Peter.”1
1 Guzik, D. (2013).
Mark ().
Santa Barbara, CA: David Guzik.
a.
One indication of Peter’s influence is that Peter speaks very affectionately of Mark, referring to him as Mark my son in .
He also wrote that Mark was with him in 1 Peter 5:131
1 Guzik, D. (2013).
Mark ().
Santa Barbara, CA: David Guzik.
i.
Mark (who is also called John-Mark in passages like ) was a failure in ministry as pictured in the book of Acts with Paul ().
His relationship with Paul was restored in the end ().1
1 Guzik, D. (2013).
Mark ().
Santa Barbara, CA: David Guzik.
ii.
Like Mark, Peter also knew what it was like to be a failure in following Jesus after having denied Him three times.
He too was restored in the end.1
1 Guzik, D. (2013).
Mark ().
Santa Barbara, CA: David Guzik.
b.
Another indication of Peter’s influence is the vivid, eyewitness detail of this Gospel.
It is “fullest of striking details that apparently came from Peter’s discourses which Mark heard, such as green grass (6:39), two thousand hogs (5:13), looking round about (3:5, 34).” (Robertson1
1 Guzik, D. (2013).
Mark ().
Santa Barbara, CA: David Guzik.
i. “Mark’s Gospel throbs with life and bristles with vivid details.
We see with Peter’s eyes and catch almost the very look and gesture of Jesus as he moved among men in his work of healing men’s1
1 Guzik, D. (2013).
Mark ().
Santa Barbara, CA: David Guzik.
i. “Mark’s Gospel throbs with life and bristles with vivid details.
We see with Peter’s eyes and catch almost the very look and gesture of Jesus as he moved among men in his work of healing men’s bodies and saving men’s souls.”
(Robertson)
c.
A third indication of Peter’s influence is that “Peter usually spoke in Aramaic and Mark has more Aramaic phrases than the other, like Boanerges (3:17), Talitha cumi (5:41), Korban (7:11), Ephphatha (7:34), Abba (14:36).”
(Roberston)1
1 Guzik, D. (2013).
Mark ().
Santa Barbara, CA: David Guzik.
3.
Many believe Mark to be the first of the four Gospels written, and that it was written in Rome.1
1 Guzik, D. (2013).
Mark ().
Santa Barbara, CA: David Guzik.
b.
Mark was not one of the 12 disciples.
Perhaps the only mention of him in the Gospel is a shadowy reference in .
As a youth, he perhaps was part of the larger group that followed Jesus.
c.
The early church met at the home of Mark’s mother, Mary, in Jerusalem ().1
1 Guzik, D. (2013).
Mark ().
Santa Barbara, CA: David Guzik.
d.
To the hard-working and accomplishment-oriented Romans, Mark wrote a gospel that emphasized Jesus as God’s Servant.
Because no one cares about the pedigree of a servant, the Gospel of Mark has no genealogy of Jesus.1
1 Guzik, D. (2013).
Mark ().
Santa Barbara, CA: David Guzik.
i.
Another indication that Mark wrote his Gospel for the Roman mind is that he uses more Latin words than any of the other Gospels.
“There are also more Latin phrases and idioms like centurio (15:39), quadrans (12:42), flagellare (15:15), speculator (6:27), census (12:14), sextarius (7:4), praetorium (15:6), than in the other Gospels.”
(Robertson)1
1 Guzik, D. (2013).
Mark ().
Santa Barbara, CA: David Guzik.ii.
When Bible translators go to a people who have never had the Scriptures in their own language, they usually begin by translating the Gospel of Mark.
Mark is the most translated book in the entire world.
One reason is that it is the shortest Gospel, but the other reason is that this Gospel was written for people unfamiliar with first century Judaism.
Mark wrote it for the Romans.1
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