the gospel of mark was written for a gentile audience.
who is the gospel of mark written for?
a gentile audience
the gospel of mark is anonymous. it was written in greek for a gentile audience, probably in rome, although galilee, antioch (third-largest city in the roman empire, located in northern syria), and southern syria have also been suggested. early christian tradition attributes it to the john mark mentioned in acts, but scholars generally reject this as an attempt to link the gospel to an authoritative figure it was probably written c. ad 66–70, during nero's persecution of the christians in rome or the jewish revolt, as suggested by internal references to war in judea and to persecution. the author used a variety of pre-existing sources, such as conflict stories (mark 2:1–3:6), apocalyptic discourse (4:1–35), and collections of sayings (although not the gospel of thomas and probably not the q source).
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codex 2427 (in the gregory-aland numbering), formerly known as archaic mark, is a miniature manuscript of the gospel of mark written in minuscule greek. the manuscript had been very difficult to date paleographically and had been assigned to the 13th-18th century, until 2006 when it was proved a forgery following the publication of digital images of the codex, which had been made available online to renew interest in the manuscript.
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