Excerpt from A Commentary on the Gospel of S. Mark I shall in another section of this Introduction put together the scattered notices which we have of his life; in this it is my intention, upon the assumption that S. Mark was really the author of the second Gospel, to say something concerning the connection between that Gospel and the Apostle Peter, to which attention will frequently be called in the following Commentary. Tradition, which assigns the authorship of the Gospel to S. Mark, no less certainly teaches that S. Peter was in some very decided manner connected with the authorship. The precise nature and extent of this connection have not been as yet settled beyond controversy by learned men, and it would be absurd to attempt a settlement in this place; it may be stated however that the controversy turns very much upon the meaning to be attached to a phrase, several times used concerning S. Mark, and which may be rendered the interpreter of Peter. Mark, according to a very general tradition, was the interpreter of Peter but in what sense was he the interpreter Was he an amanuensis or secretary? Or was he one who translated the words of Peter from one language to another? Or was he both? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.