Where and to whom was Marks Gospel written?

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Where and to whom was Marks Gospel written?

Jesus was crucified in the year 33AD (roughly)

The first Gospel was wrote in the year 65-70 AD

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Where and to whom was Marks Gospel written?

In rome (64AD) Nero burnt down Rome and blamed it on the Christians so they were killed

However eye witnesses wrote an account of what happened, one of these eye witnesses was Mark. His accounts were preserved to the Romans.

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Where and to whom was Marks Gospel written?

Mark wanted to encourage Christians and help them keep faith in times of trouble 

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Where and to whom was Marks Gospel written?

Marks Gospel was written to Roman Christians so that they could be pointed towards the Kingdom and so any answers about Jesus could be answered

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Where and to whom was Marks Gospel written?

Mark was a greek writer, in his writing there were several adaptations to jewish terms and concepts.

In addition, there were translations of aramaic words - this supports the theory of Mark and Peter being friends with eachother. 

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Where and to whom was Marks Gospel written?

Mark was a greek writer, in his writing there were several adaptations to jewish terms and concepts.

In addition, there were translations of aramaic words - this supports the theory of Mark and Peter being friends with eachother. 

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