Scroggie, W Graham A Guide to the Gospels, pp 161-238 Tenney, Merrill C New Testament Survey, pp 153-65 Thiessen, Henry Clarence Introduction to the New Testament, pp 139-49 COMMENTARIES Cole, R A The Gospel According to St Mark Tyndale New Testament Commentaries Earle, Ralph Mark: The Gospel of Action Everyman’s Bible Commentary Hendriksen, William Exposition of the Gospel According to Mark In his New Testament Commentary Series Hiebert, D Edmond Mark: A Portrait of the Servant Lenski, R C H The Interpretation of Mark Morgan, G Campbell The Gospel According to Mark Unexcelled for its thematic studies in the gospel OTHER RELATED SOURCES Blaiklock, E M Mark: The Man and His Message Burgon, John W The Last Twelve Verses of the Gospel According to St Mark Geisler, Norman L., and Nix, William E A General Introduction to the Bible Jensen, Irving L Life of Christ Morgan, G Campbell The Parables and Metaphors of Our Lord Robertson, A T Word Pictures in the New Testament Vol _ Making Good in the Ministry pp 1174 A description of Mark’s biography Vine, W E An Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words The Greek Markos is from the Latin markus, “large hammer.” D Edmond Hiebert, An Introduction to the New Testament: The Gospels and Acts, 1:89 E M Blaiklock, Mark: The Man and His Message, pp 9-10 For the places involved in some of the passages, follow the views that Paul wrote Colossians from Rome; “Babylon” was a symbolical reference to Rome; and Timothy was living at Ephesus when Paul wrote Timothy 5 Blaiklock, Mark, pp 14-15 C F D Moule, The Gospel According to Mark, p The New International Version reads, “gospel about Jesus Christ.” Among these are the Greek fathers Papias (A.D 70-155), Justin Martyr (A.D 100-165), Clement of Alexandria (A.D 150-217), Irenaeus (A.D 120-192), Origen (A.D 185254), Eusebius (A.D 270-340); and the Latin fathers, Tertullian (A.D 150-220), and Jerome (A.D 340-420) (Most dates are approximate.) Each view has strong arguments in its support For a defense of an early date of A.D 50, see W Graham Scroggie, A Guide to the Gospels, pp 170-71 Henry C Thiessen defends the late view in Introduction to the New Testament, pp 145-46 Any view on the date of Mark’s writing must be tentative, for as Everett Harrison observes, “We not possess the data for a precise ... Dictionary of New Testament Words The Greek Markos is from the Latin markus, “large hammer.” D Edmond Hiebert, An Introduction to the New Testament: The Gospels and Acts, 1:89 E M Blaiklock, Mark: The. .. L Life of Christ Morgan, G Campbell The Parables and Metaphors of Our Lord Robertson, A T Word Pictures in the New Testament Vol _ Making Good in the Ministry pp 1174 A description of Mark’s.. .the Servant Lenski, R C H The Interpretation of Mark Morgan, G Campbell The Gospel According to Mark Unexcelled for its thematic studies in the gospel OTHER RELATED SOURCES