Mark's Gospel Research Paper

Heavily influenced by Mark’s gospel, Luke was compelled to collect his own history as well and complete the work. Some pieces between all three books, more closely related between Mark and Luke, were similar, but told differently according to who was telling it; Mark’s Gospel is the shortest, and the most heavily abbreviated in storytelling, whereas Luke defines and describes specific scenes Mark did previously mention. It is a more “fleshed out” version. In Mark’s version of Peter’s denial, he briefly examines the scene before moving onto Jesus’s main trial: Peter’s denial was the final chord for Christ before his meeting with Pontius Pilate, and an extremely important turning point before Christ’s inevitable betrayal by his people. ““Truly …show more content…
Nonetheless, like all the Gospels, and all religions in general, Luke’s Gospel could be used to teach social and ethical morals (especially when applied to a specific group of people and their traditions/cultures, more specifically the Jews led by Christ in this particular time). It is, after all, a collection of accounts by Luke on Christianity, and the religion alone is a string of social and ethical teachings: it’s probably one of the largest components. What makes it stand as a type of teaching device is how it reflects on Jesus’s progression through the faith; he rejected the already standing morals and ethics by allowing new ones to flourish and truly define Christianity. All of Christ’s additions were supposed to be updated rulings and societal traditions to make the lives of the Jews easier, as well as less difficult to understand/follow. I do agree that it is a teaching on social and ethical teachings, whether or not it was truly meant to be from the