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Which gospels drew from Mark

Updated: 8/19/2019
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A:Matthew and Luke drew directly from Mark. This can be demonstrated by reading the three gospels in parallel, in the Greek language. For example, Matthew contains some 600 of the 666 verses in Mark, often in exactly the same words in the Greek language. We know that Luke was copied from Mark in codex or loose leaf form because of the 'Missing Block', a sequence of approximately thirteen pages of missing text (Mark 6:47-8:27a).

Even John's Gospel was loosely based on Luke and is therefore indirectly drawn from Mark, and does have some material actually taken direct from Mark.

We do not know with any certainty where the author of Mark obtained his gospel story, but Raymond E. Brown (An Introduction to the New Testament) says that Mark seems to depend on traditions (and perhaps already shaped sources) received in Greek.

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