Since scholars say that Mark was probably the first Gospel writtien in the late 60s..why did it not include the virgin birth? But Matthew and Luke do.
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Why does Marks gospel not include the virgin birth?
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If you subscribe to Markan priority (as you seem to doing) then the you have to look at the scope of what is dealt with and the form of Mark. Mark does not have any account of Jesus' conception, birth, young life etc. The story begins with Jesus' baptism, i.e the beginning of his ministry. The form of Mark also makes it clear that the focus of the gospel is on Jesus' "career". It is a series of individual stories of Jesus performing miracles and such and then the passion. There is no sermon on the mount/plain and there is no extended speaking from Jesus as is in John. From this, it seems clear that Mark's purpose is to show Jesus doing a bunch of miracles and then being killed and raised. That is the essential public life of Jesus and, as such, is a "complete" gospel. Matthew and Luke expand significantly on Mark's narrative (but for the most part include Mark's stories word for word).
John is a totally different thing though.
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Mark is likely focused to Roman Christians and showing them how to be disciples, so Jesus actual ministry is what demonstrates all this. The birth isn't a central issue for that topic and so isn't needed to be discussed.
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some scholars say that mark was written in a time of persecution in a time of turmoil and possibly for a roman audience, so why would he need all the details ?
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Thanks for the replys...true he could have just been trying to teach the ministry life of Jesus
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The gospels are like 4 people witnessing a car accident from 4 different sides of the car. We need all 4 to get the whole picture of the accident. Many things in the gospels are repeated. But God used the 4 authors to write about different aspects of Christ's life.
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I agree, good answer Murdock. Each person saw and experienced different things in their life and their experiences with Jesus.The gospels are like 4 people witnessing a car accident from 4 different sides of the car. We need all 4 to get the whole picture of the accident. Many things in the gospels are repeated. But God used the 4 authors to write about different aspects of Christ's life.
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I have looked into when the gospels were written and based on the evidence Matthew was written very early, maybe as early as 35-40 A.D.; Luke was written in the 50's during his journey with Paul and Mark wasn't written till ab't 60--so Mark didn't have to mention the virgin birth. Besides, Mark is Peter's remininsces and Peter isn't the kind of guy to be interested in those things--note that there's no long winded speeches by Jesus in the gospel.
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