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CLAUDE BLACK
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Papias, the Bishop of Hierapolis in Phrygia (modern-day Turkey) around A. D. 130, a “hearer of John,” and a companion of Polycarp, said, “Mark, having become Peter’s interpreter, wrote down accurately whatever he remembered.” (Quoted by Eusebius, Ecclesiastical History 6.14.6) After the deaths of Paul and Peter, “their departure,” Roman Christians desired to preserve Peter’s apostolic preaching in a permanent written form, which Mark undertook to provide, shortly after Peter’s death. There are no details about the writing itself, whether it was completed over the years or all at one time, but he put down in writing what he had heard orally from Peter, Paul, Barnabas, and the other Christians with whom he traveled, so it is the earliest first-hand account of Jesus available. And of the three synoptic Gospels, most scholars think Mark was the first, a view often called Marcan priority, which explains why they share so much material, often in the exact same wording and order, yet also contain significant differences.
Chapters:
1. The Call to Discipleship
2. The Normal Christian Heart
3. The Lamp of God
4. Supply-Side Christian Living
5. A Long Way to Jesus
6. What Do You Have
7. Satisfaction
8. Contentment
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