Hawkins reckons the whole amount of peculiar material at about fifty verses ( Hor. There is enough of this material to show clearly that the author could not have been wholly dependent on the other evangelists. 6:14-29 (death of John the Baptist) Mk 7:1-23 (on eating with unwashen hands) 9:14-29 (the demoniac boy) Mark 12:28-34 (the questioning scribe). But, in addition to this, there are many vivid word-touches with which the common material is lighted up, and in not a few of the common incidents Mark's account is very much fuller e.g. Matter peculiar to Mark is found in Mark 4:26-29 (the seed growing secretly) Mark 3:21 (his kindred's fear) Mark 7:32-37 (the deaf and dumb man) Mark 8:22-26 (the blind man) Mark 13:33-37 (the householder and the exhortation to watch) Mark 14:51 (the young man who escaped). The Galilean ministry and Passion Week with the transition from the one to the other (in Acts 10) practically make up the Gospel. Nothing is said of the early Judean ministry. Thus its limits correspond closely with those indicated by Peter in Acts 10:37-43. These add post-resurrection appearances, the Commission, the Ascension, and a brief summary of apostolic activity. The Gospel begins with the ministry of John the Baptist and ends with the announcement of the Resurrection, if the last 12 verses be not included. Mark is never first when it follows Luke, the time consideration has given place to that of length. The former is varied thus: John-Matthew-Luke-Mark, and Matthew-John-Mark-Luke, and Matthew-John-Luke-Mark the latter to Matthew-Mark-John-Luke. Within these, however, there are variations. The former is Egyptian and Latin the latter has the authority of most Greek manuscripts, Catalogues and Fathers, and is supported by the old Syriac. ![]() That and the one common today may be considered the two main groupings - the one in the order of dignity, the other in that of time. Origen found codices with the order John-Matthew-Mark-Luke - due probably to the desire to give the apostles the leading place. That change was going on in the 3century. ![]() The question of order only arose when the roll was superseded by the codex, our present book-form. ![]() It was not, however, the invariable order. The order of the Gospels in our New Testament is probably due to the early conviction that this was the order in which the Gospels were written. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
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