Gospel of Mark Essays

The “Gospels” which are better known as the good news biographies of the teachings concerning Jesus Christ. These biographies have been passed down by “oral tradition”. Which include stories of Jesus’s miracles, healings, parables, teachings and death/resurrection. (Lecture 2). Each Gospel proclaims a different interpretation of the Christian message using Jesus of Nazareth as a spokesperson for the evangelists’ position.'(PBS, Frederiksen). All four gospels offer a rich plurality of portraits (Lecture 2). History offers us little direct evidence about the...

There is no internal evidence suggesting the name of the writer of the Gospel of Mark by name anywhere in this Gospel. The same is true of all four Gospels as recorded in the Bible. One may then ask where the title, ‘According to Mark’, came from. As an answer, researchers suggest that it was probably added when the canonical gospels were collected and there was need to distinguish Mark’s version of the gospel from the others. The gospel titles...

The word ‘gospel’ is a translation of the Greek word ‘euangelion’ which means good news. (Webster, 1991)[footnoteRef:1] There are four Gospel accounts in the New Testament: Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. The first three Gospels are sometimes called the ‘synoptic’ (same view) Gospels. This is because they each cover teachings and miracles by Jesus that are also covered in other accounts. John, writing later, recounts Jesus’ other words and miracles that have a particular spiritual meaning. [1: Webster’s College Dictionary...

The gospel of Mark concerns the message of Jesus’ deeds, strength, and how he is determined to teach people the ways of God. The notion that Jesus is the embodiment of God’s glory arised diverse responses, but Jesus always persevered and made it known that God’s kingdom is a paradise and that it is not about strength and power, but about being a suffering servant. He emphasises this multiple times, including when he sacrificed himself on the cross for every...