The Gospel of Mark is the second of four books at the beginning of the New Testament. The term Gospel is used to record Christ’s life and teaching in the first four books of the New Testament. The word itself (Greek evangelion) means ‘Good News’ and was used in Graeco-Roman literature for announcements. The Gospels of Matthew Mark and Luke are known as the synoptic Gospels. They are known as the synoptic Gospels because they have very similar themes running through each of them. When they are put into columns that run alongside of one another it is then that you can see the familiar themes that each of them have. The precise way in which these three Gospel’s are related to on another is at the centre of the ‘synoptic
