Does the gospel of Matthew improve the gospel of Mark?

The correlation is deepened by noting the focus of each gospel writer. Matthew wrote to the Jews about Jesus the King (the Lion). Mark gave no lineage for Jesus, so that befits a servant (the Ox). Luke calls Jesus the Son of Man (the Man). John shows Jesus as The Word, as divine, (the Eagle). read more

Matthew does improve on Mark in some unexpected ways. When the author found details in Mark that seemed wrong, he altered them to a more plausible account: - A well known geographical error in Mark’s Gospel occurs in verse 5: 1, when Jesus crosses the Sea of Galilee into the land of the Gerasenes *. read more

Although the Gospel of Matthew was not the first gospel written, it is generally regarded as the most important and was placed first in the collection of writings that constitute the New Testament. In addition to materials found in the Gospel of Mark, the Gospel of Matthew contains a large number of Jesus' sayings and discourses and also a group of stories not found in any of the other Gospels. read more

Because there is good reason to believe that Mark was the first of the four gospels written, we will begin with an overview of some of the key items dominant or distinctive to Mark. Then we will proceed to Matthew, Luke and John. So, to a theology of the gospel of Mark. read more