Background to Mark's Gospel

• Gospel means 'Good News'
• Good for Christians who are being persecuted.
• Wrote in Rome

Sources of Mark's Gospel:

• Peter - Got lots of information from him. Small details only Peter would know.
• The 12 Disciples - They met in his Mothers house.
• Personal Experience - Mark may have seen the Temple guards being led by Judas.

WHY?

• Most of the disciples were dying off.
• Someone needed to record the events.
• There were wrong ideas about Jesus.

WHEN?

• AD 64.
• 34 years after the events.