Gospel of Mark

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Christian scripture New Testament book canonical gospel synoptic gospel

The Gospel of Mark is one of the four canonical New Testament gospels, presenting a fast-paced narrative of Jesus Christ’s ministry, death, and resurrection and considered by many scholars to be the earliest written gospel.

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All labels observed (13)

Label	Occurrences
Gospel of Mark canonical	185
Gospel of Mark 16:15–16	1
Gospel of Mark 1:9–11	1
Gospel of Mark is an abridgment of Matthew and Luke	1
Mark 7	1
Mark is frequently treated as the earliest narrative Gospel	1
Mark is generally shorter than parallel accounts in Matthew and Luke	1
Markan Gospel	1
Markan priority	1
Markan tradition	1
The Gospel of Mark is a primary written source for the Gospels of Matthew and Luke	1
The Gospel of Mark was the first written of the Synoptic Gospels	1
The Gospel of Mark was written before the Gospels of Matthew and Luke	1

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian scripture ⓘ New Testament book ⓘ canonical gospel ⓘ synoptic gospel ⓘ
alternativePlaceOfComposition	Galilee ⓘ Syria ⓘ
associatedWith	Apostle Peter ⓘ John Mark ⓘ
centralFigure	Jesus Christ ⓘ
characteristic	emphasis on deeds of Jesus over long discourses ⓘ fast-paced narrative ⓘ frequent use of the word "immediately" ⓘ
containsEpisode	Gethsemane prayer ⓘ Last Supper ⓘ Transfiguration ⓘ surface form: Transfiguration of Jesus baptism of Jesus by John the Baptist ⓘ Burial of Jesus ⓘ surface form: burial of Jesus calling of the first disciples ⓘ Crucifixion of Jesus ⓘ surface form: crucifixion of Jesus empty tomb discovery ⓘ exorcisms performed by Jesus ⓘ healing miracles of Jesus ⓘ parables of Jesus ⓘ temptation of Jesus in the wilderness ⓘ surface form: temptation of Jesus trial of Jesus ⓘ triumphal entry into Jerusalem ⓘ
emphasizes	Kingdom of God ⓘ discipleship and misunderstanding of Jesus ⓘ suffering of the Son of Man ⓘ
follows	Gospel of Matthew ⓘ
genre	ancient biography ⓘ gospel narrative ⓘ
hasCanonicalOrder	second gospel ⓘ
includedIn	most Christian biblical canons ⓘ
influenced	Gospel of Luke ⓘ Gospel of Matthew ⓘ
keyConcept	messianic secret ⓘ
language	Koine Greek ⓘ
likelyDateRange	circa 65–75 CE ⓘ
likelyPlaceOfComposition	Rome ⓘ
mainTheme	death of Jesus ⓘ ministry of Jesus ⓘ passion of Jesus ⓘ resurrection of Jesus ⓘ
openingWords	"The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God" ⓘ
partOf	Bible ⓘ surface form: Christian Bible New Testament ⓘ
precedes	Gospel of Luke ⓘ
recognizedBy	early Church Fathers as canonical ⓘ
textualFeature	longer ending Mark 16:9–20 in later manuscripts ⓘ shorter ending at Mark 16:8 in earliest manuscripts ⓘ
traditionalAuthor	Mark the Evangelist ⓘ
usedBy	early Christian communities ⓘ

Referenced by (197)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jesus Christ → primarySources → Gospel of Mark ⓘ

Golgotha → mentionedIn → Gospel of Mark ⓘ

Kingdom of God → especiallyEmphasizedIn → Gospel of Mark ⓘ

Ascension → basisInScripture → Gospel of Mark ⓘ

Last Supper → narratedIn → Gospel of Mark ⓘ

Baptism in the Jordan → describedIn → Gospel of Mark ⓘ

Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem → isNarratedIn → Gospel of Mark ⓘ

Great Commission → hasSource → Gospel of Mark ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gospel of Mark 16:15–16

Crucifixion of Jesus → narratedIn → Gospel of Mark ⓘ

Transfiguration → associatedBiblicalBook → Gospel of Mark ⓘ

Pontius Pilate → mentionedIn → Gospel of Mark ⓘ

The Storm on the Sea of Galilee → basedOn → Gospel of Mark ⓘ

Apostle Peter → mentionedIn → Gospel of Mark ⓘ

resurrection of Jesus Christ → hasPrimarySource → Gospel of Mark ⓘ

Gospel of Matthew → usesSource → Gospel of Mark ⓘ

Gospel of Luke → follows → Gospel of Mark ⓘ

Gospel of Luke → sourceUsed → Gospel of Mark ⓘ

Synoptic Gospels → hasPart → Gospel of Mark ⓘ

Synoptic Gospels → sharesSourceMaterial → Gospel of Mark ⓘ

Synoptic Gospels → earliestGospelTraditionally → Gospel of Mark ⓘ

Synoptic Gospels → hasScholarlyHypothesis → Gospel of Mark ⓘ

this entity surface form: Markan priority

Herod Antipas → mentionedIn → Gospel of Mark ⓘ

Gospels → containsWork → Gospel of Mark ⓘ

New Testament → contains → Gospel of Mark ⓘ

Mary → mentionedIn → Gospel of Mark ⓘ

Passion of Christ → hasPrimarySource → Gospel of Mark ⓘ

Saint Andrew → mentionedIn → Gospel of Mark ⓘ

Palm Sunday → basedOnEventDescribedIn → Gospel of Mark ⓘ

Codex Sinaiticus → contains → Gospel of Mark ⓘ

Mary Magdalene → mentionedIn → Gospel of Mark ⓘ

Arrest of Jesus → narratedIn → Gospel of Mark ⓘ

Cleansing of the Temple → describedIn → Gospel of Mark ⓘ

Tyndale Bible → includesBook → Gospel of Mark ⓘ

Burial of Jesus → describedIn → Gospel of Mark ⓘ

Bethphage → mentionedIn → Gospel of Mark ⓘ

Trial of Jesus → describedIn → Gospel of Mark ⓘ

Apostle James the Greater → mentionedIn → Gospel of Mark ⓘ

subject surface form: James the Greater

Apostle Philip → mentionedIn → Gospel of Mark ⓘ

Apostle Bartholomew → mentionedIn → Gospel of Mark ⓘ

John the Baptist → scripturalMention → Gospel of Mark ⓘ

Apostle Matthew → scriptureMention → Gospel of Mark ⓘ

Apostle Thaddeus (Jude) → mentionedIn → Gospel of Mark ⓘ

Qasr al-Yahud → associatedWithGospel → Gospel of Mark ⓘ

Apostle Thomas → mentionedIn → Gospel of Mark ⓘ

Apostle James the Less → mentionedIn → Gospel of Mark ⓘ

Apostle Simon the Zealot → mentionedIn → Gospel of Mark ⓘ

subject surface form: Simon the Zealot

Judas Iscariot → appearsIn → Gospel of Mark ⓘ

INRI → scripturalBasis → Gospel of Mark ⓘ

James the brother of Jesus → mentionedIn → Gospel of Mark ⓘ

Gospels and Acts → hasPart → Gospel of Mark ⓘ