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Thursday, September 12, 2019Who wrote the Gospel of Mark, and how do we know the author was inspired by God?
Sincerely,
Genuine Article
Dear Genuine Article,
The Gospel According to Mark is generally agreed to have been written by John Mark. This is based upon early church historians and comments made by early christian writers. It isn’t necessary that we know who penned the book of Mark, but that is the general consensus. John Mark would have been in a perfect position to write an account of Christ’s life having been a traveling companion of both Paul and Barnabas (Acts 12:25) and being a part of a family of early converts to Christianity (Acts 12:12).
We know that the Gospel of Mark is inspired for the same reason that we know the rest of the New Testament is inspired. Mark’s book repeats the same details as the other gospels, it shows all the same characteristics of inspiration as the rest of the Bible, and the early christians (who would have personally known the writer) accepted it as an inspired account of Christ’s life. Read “Who Wrote The Bible?” for a more in-depth explanation of evidence that God authored the Bible. SB