He wrote the first Gospel. Why did he not mention anything about this?
2007-01-24 06:36:05 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Have you not read Mark chapter 16?
ADDITION:
I am not trying to be rude, but before people answer this question they should look at the Gospel of Mark. Yes it is believed that Mark could have been the earliest Gospel, written sometime between 50 - 70 AD. Obviously the resurrection had taken place and Mark wrote about it from eyewitness testimony of Peter.
2007-01-24 06:39:26 · answer #1 · answered by mark777 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Mark is the earliest gospel. They knew nothing about the resurrection since it never happened, of course. The resurrection is a later invention of the primitive church.
2007-01-24 14:41:05 · answer #2 · answered by Irreverend 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
No one knows. I like the ambiguous ending, personally....
ADDITION:
Mark777, the earliest manuscripts of Mark don't have chapter 17. It was a later addition, probably written to bring it into harmony with later writings like Matthew.
2007-01-24 14:39:21 · answer #3 · answered by carwheelsongravel1975 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
"Mark777" got it right -- the entirety of Chapter 16 is devoted to the resurrection.
2007-01-24 14:44:13 · answer #4 · answered by Suzanne: YPA 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋