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# The order in which the material is arranged in Mark is usually followed by both Matthew and Luke. | # The order in which the material is arranged in Mark is usually followed by both Matthew and Luke. | ||
# Often where Matthew or Luke differ with Mark in language, the language of the other evangelists is either grammatically or stylistically smoother and more correct than that of Mark. On other occasions, something in Mark which could perplex or offend is either absent from, or appears in a less sharp form, in Matthew or Luke. The statement that Jesus “began to be greatly distressed and troubled” (Mark 14:33) is softer in Matthew 26:37 and omitted altogether in Luke; the picture of the three disciples’ failure to watch with Jesus in Gethsemane is considerably softened by the addition of the words “for sorrow” Luke 22:45; in Mark 14:71 Peter is said to have begun “to invoke a curse on himself and to swear, ‘I do not know this man...,’” but Luke has the much less offensive “Man, I do not know what you are saying.” | # Often where Matthew or Luke differ with Mark in language, the language of the other evangelists is either grammatically or stylistically smoother and more correct than that of Mark. On other occasions, something in Mark which could perplex or offend is either absent from, or appears in a less sharp form, in Matthew or Luke. The statement that Jesus “began to be greatly distressed and troubled” (Mark 14:33) is softer in Matthew 26:37 and omitted altogether in Luke; the picture of the three disciples’ failure to watch with Jesus in Gethsemane is considerably softened by the addition of the words “for sorrow” Luke 22:45; in Mark 14:71 Peter is said to have begun “to invoke a curse on himself and to swear, ‘I do not know this man...,’” but Luke has the much less offensive “Man, I do not know what you are saying.” | ||
# In Mark the disciples’ pre Resurrection mode of addressing Jesus as “Teacher” and “Rabbi” is faithfully reflected whereas Matthew and Luke often represent him as addressed by the title “Lord,” thus reflecting the post-Resurrection usage of the church. | # In Mark the disciples’ pre-Resurrection mode of addressing Jesus as “Teacher” and “Rabbi” is faithfully reflected, whereas Matthew and Luke often represent him as addressed by the title “Lord,” thus reflecting the post-Resurrection usage of the church. | ||
If Mark, then, is the earliest of the Gospels, its special importance as our primary source of information about the ministry of Jesus is obvious. | If Mark, then, is the earliest of the Gospels, its special importance as our primary source of information about the ministry of Jesus is obvious. | ||