Excerpt from A Pictorial Commentary on the Gospel According to Mark: With the Text of the Authorized and Revised Versions Origin of the Gospels. The four Gospels have been generally accepted as having been written by the four persons whose names they bear. Two of these were apostles, and two were associated with the apostles, as constant companions. All their 'narratives were written under special direction of the Holy Spirit, between the ascension of Christ and the fall of Jerusalem, A. D. 70. They were received by the early Christians as authentic accounts of the life, teachings, death, and resurrection of Jesus. 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.