Books of the New Testament: Lesson 23 Mark
(Cloze test 23)

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Mark depicts Jesus as . Written to the Romans, there is no . Why? Because men are not interested in the .

The writer was , the son of Mary and the cousin of . He accompanied Paul and Barnabas to , and was the cause of some trouble between them (Acts 12:25; 13:5). Then he left them, probably because of (Acts 13:13). Finally he became a to Paul (Col.4:10,11; 2 Tim.4:11). Peter was the means of his conversion and spoke of him as “” (1 Pet.5:13). We see Peter’s influence in this Gospel.

This is the Gospel, full of action and accomplishment. Mark wrote this Gospel in , evidently for . They were a busy people and believed in power and . They cared more for than for words. Few Old Testament Scriptures are quoted.

Only are given. There is no lengthy introduction. Thewords “”, “straightway”, “”, showing speed, are used 40 times.

have a leading place in Mark - 20 are recorded.


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