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We do not know the real name of the author of Mark's Gospel, but because the second-century Church Fathers attributed the Gospel to the apostle Mark, we continue to refer to the author as Mark the evangelist.

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Mark accompanied Paul and Barnabus on a missionary journey, and Paul referred to him later his life as being a servant of God and well respected. He also wrote the second book of the Gospels. His mother was a Christian and his father a Greek. He is also the one who ran away naked when Christ was arrested.


Why are the gospels of Matthew mark and Luke known as the synoptic Gospel?

Another answer from our community:'Synoptic' means "presenting or taking the same point of view". However, this description goes only part way to describing these three gospels. It is widely accepted by scholars that Mark's gospel is most likely the earliest. In addition, Luke's gospel and Matthew's gospel contain almost the whole of Mark's account, and must therefore, scholars believe, have been written later than Mark's gospel and based on Mark's gospel. In addition to Mark's account, both Luke and Matthew contain another group of verses that are similar, but not present in Mark, which are believed to have been obtained from a now lost source called 'Q' ('Quelle' = who?). Where Luke and Matthew differ is therefore likely to be a significant amount of original material added by Luke and Matthew themselves. However, despite these differences, there is sufficient material in these three gospels that is similar, or identical, to warrant the theory that they were all based, at least in part, on a single document, the gospel of Mark. Hence the term 'synoptic' Note the contrast with the gospel of John where there is very little material common with the other three, and the style is very personal, suggesting strongly that this gospel was written totally independently of the others.


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The word you're looking for is "evangelist." This term is often used to refer to someone who spreads good news, particularly in a religious context.


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