Saint Mark the Evangelist is the original author of the Gospel of Mark in the bible. He was one of the disciples of Jesus.
Matthew and John (as two of Jesus' twelve disciples) were with Him when He was betrayed, making their gospels eyewitness accounts. (Matthew 26, John 18)Mark, though not one of the twelve, may also have been an eyewitness to the event. His gospel is the only one that makes mention of "a certain young man," in Mark 14:51, 52.Since Mark alone records this occurrence, some surmise that the young man was Mark himself. If so, he too would have been an eyewitness.
The lion symbol of Mark the Evangelist is believed to represent courage, strength, and majesty. It is also associated with the Gospel of Mark, where the lion is seen as a symbol of Jesus' resurrection and royal power.
Mark was chosen as an evangelist to spread the teachings of Jesus because of his close association with Peter, one of Jesus' disciples. His Gospel is believed to be based on Peter's accounts and he played a crucial role in spreading Christianity in the early Church.
Matthew, Mark, Luke and John are the main books of the bible about Jesus. THey talk about his life from eyewitness accounts to hearing what others have said about what they saw.
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John the Evangelist
AnswerJohn the Baptist, the forerunner to Jesus is considered by many to have been the first evangelist in the New Testament era.
An evangelist is someone who preaches the good news, most commonly known as Jesus' apostles.
St. Mark the Evangelist's Church - New York City - was created in 1914.
The Gospel of Mark presents Jesus as a Savior-King, who conquers demons, disease, and death. He writes like an on-the-spot reporter, constantly using the present tense to create the impression of an eyewitness account. He emphasizes Jesus' mighty and miraculous works making his Gospel action-packed and vividly fresh.
Unfortunately there are no eyewitness accounts of the life or teachings of Jesus anywhere in the Bible or elsewhere. Even conservative Christians concede that the Gospels of Mark and Luke were not written by eyewitnesses. Scholars say that all the New Testament gospels were written anonymously and that they were not attributed to Matthew, Mark, Luke and John until later in the second century. They say that the Gospels of Matthew and John were unlikely to have been written by the disciples of those names, so that even these gospels were not eyewitness accounts. The gospels are certainly accounts about Jesus, but they were not written by eyewitnesses or even by some who knew eyewitnesses.