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Introduction to the TT will be well to notice some general . facts about the Gospel o f Mark as a tvhole, as ' this Gospel is to be the-inter esting subject o f our lesson studies during the, first two quarters o f 1918. It is the shortest o f the four narratives p f the earthly life o f the Son o f God. It con- .tains much the same material as we find in Matthew and Luke, and with them forms thé Synoptic Gospels. I f the narrative: of these three were divided into 89 sections, 42 o f these sections would be common to all three Gospels ;. 12 would be common to Matthew and Mark; 5 would be common to Mark and Luke ; 14 would be common to Matthew and Luke; S would be peculiar to Matthew; 2 would be peculiar to Mark; 9 would be peculiar to Luke. Many excellent Bible students believe that each of. the Gospels was written to present the life o f Jesus to a peculiar type o f mind in the way best suited to produce
Gospel of Mark conviction and acceptance. Matthew rep resents Jesus as the one who fulfilled the Old Testament prophecies o f the Jewish Messiah, hence it appeals to the Jew. Mark represents Jesus as the one possessed ,of wondrous power to achieve results, which would appeal specially to the Roman type o f mind; Luke represents Jesus as the ideal matt-the perfection o f manhood— ' which would appeal specially to the Greek to whom the world owes its finest statuary ; John .sets forth Jesus as the Son of God! appealing powerfully to every spiritually- minded person. The Gospel was written by Johrj Mark, nephew (or perhaps cojisin) o f Barnabas and intimate friend o f the Apostle Peter. Indeed there is authority for believing that it was from Peter that Mark received the account o f the life o f Christ, 'recorded in the book we are studying. He wrote it probably between the years 65 and 63 A. D.
John Prepares the Way for Jesus ■ l i B B Mark 1 :M 1 - Parallel passages: Matt. 3:1-17- Luke 3 :l-22. . “ Behold the Lamb o f God, which taketh away the sin of the world John l-:29.
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L Who John Was. Read Luke 1:5-25. He was our Lord’s cousin according to the flesh (see Luke 1 :36), the son o f Zach arias, a priest, and Elizabeth, born in their old age, in fulfilment o f the promise made by an angel to Zacharias when the latter was offering the incense offering in the
Temple at Jerusalem. John was a godly man. He seems never to. have assumed the regular duties o f the priesthood, having been born for and called into the higher service o f being the fore-runner o f the Messiah. -(See Malachi 3 :1 ; Isa 40-3- Luke 1:17; John 1:23). His was the first
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