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The New Testament, The Gospel According to Mark

The Gospel According to Mark (Κατά Μάρκαν Ευαγγέλιον). Based on The New Testament in the original Greek. The text revised by Brooke Foss Westcott, D.D., and Fenton John Anthony Hort, D.D. New York. Harper & Brothers, Franklin Square (1885). This derived edition, C. Blackwell, Furman University. 2026. Source texts and code for this page (and others) on GitHub. Licensed CC-BY-NC. urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg002:

Table of Contents

1 – 16
Chapter “1”
Chapter “2”
Chapter “3”
Chapter “4”
Chapter “5”
Chapter “6”
Chapter “7”
Chapter “16”
17 – 24
Chapter “17”
Chapter “18”
Chapter “19”
Chapter “20”
Chapter “21”
Chapter “22”
Chapter “23”
Chapter “24”
25 – 32
Chapter “25”
Chapter “26”
Chapter “27”
Chapter “28”
Chapter “29”
Chapter “30”
Chapter “31”
Chapter “32”
33 – 44
Chapter “33”
Chapter “34”
Chapter “35”
Chapter “36”
Chapter “37”
Chapter “8”
Chapter “9”
Chapter “44”
45 – 11
Chapter “45”
Chapter “46”
Chapter “47”
Chapter “48”
Chapter “49”
Chapter “50”
Chapter “10”
Chapter “11”
12 – 15
Chapter “12”
Chapter “13”
Chapter “14”
Chapter “15”

The Greek New Testament

The New Testament in the original Greek. The text revised by Brooke Foss Westcott, D.D., and Fenton John Anthony Hort, D.D. New York. Harper & Brothers, Franklin Square (1885).

Brooke Foss Westcott (1825–1901) and Fenton John Anthony Hort (1828–1892) were prominent 19th-century British biblical scholars and theologians renowned for their groundbreaking contributions to New Testament textual criticism. Together, they collaborated over 28 years to produce The New Testament in the Original Greek, a critical edition first published in two volumes in 1881 and 1882, which sought to reconstruct the earliest attainable form of the Greek text based on rigorous manuscript analysis.

The New Testament (Ἡ Καινὴ Διαθήκη) is the second principal division of the Christian Bible, consisting of 27 books composed primarily in Koine Greek between approximately AD 50 and AD 150, which serve as the foundational scriptures for Christianity alongside the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament).

The Gospel According to Mark

The Gospel of Mark (Κατά Μάρκαν Ευαγγέλιον) is one of the four canonical Gospels in the New Testament, offering a concise, action-oriented narrative of Jesus Christ's public ministry, miracles, teachings, suffering, death, and resurrection. It is the shortest of the four Gospels and is widely regarded by scholars as the earliest written, likely composed between AD 65 and 70, possibly in Rome for a community of Christians facing persecution. The text opens with the declaration of "the beginning of the good news of Jesus Christ, the Son of God" (Mark 1:1), presenting Jesus as a powerful, authoritative figure who performs exorcisms, heals the sick, and commands nature, yet whose messiahship is defined by suffering, rejection, and sacrificial death as a "ransom for many" (Mark 10:45). This portrayal emphasizes the kingdom of God arriving through an unexpected path of humiliation and service rather than political triumph.