The Gospel according to St Mark
Subtitle: An Introduction and Commentary (Cambridge Greek Testament Commentaries)
Edition: 1974 edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: January 1, 1959
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 524
ISBN-13: 9780521092043
Subjects: Biblical studies, criticism & exegesis; Religion; Religion - Commentaries / Reference; Biblical Commentary - New Testament; Biblical Criticism & Interpretation - General; Reference; Religion / Bible / Commentaries / New Testament; Religion / Bible / Criticism, Interpretation / General; Religion-Bible - Criticism  Interpretation - General; Religion-Reference; Bible - Commentaries - New Testament
First sentence: The earliest extant statement about the Gospel according to St Mark is a quotation in Eusebius (H.E. III. 39) from a lost exposition of the Lord's sayings written by Papias, bishop of Hierapolis, about A.D. 140.