The Gospel of Mark and Luke
Regarding the genesis of Jesus Christ, the son of Abraham, the birth of Jesus Christ was such that his gospel is likened to the anthropomorphic. Mark, however, made his beginning from the prophetic spirit descending from on high in the heavens, saying, 'The beginning of the gospel,' just as it is written in the prophets: 'A voice of one crying in the wilderness,' which is the prophetic image of the gospel; for this reason, he shows and recounts the icon of the lion in the wilderness: Holy Trinity, our God, save us by your grace. Mark the evangelist was bishop of the Alexandrians.
Luke the evangelist—these are the ones among the [?] who were scattered upon the preaching where the Lord said: 'If anyone does not eat my flesh and drink my blood, he is not worthy of me.' But the one through Peter and the one through Paul, having returned again to the Lord, are honored to evangelize for the sake of whom they also bore witness: the one having been burned, and the other having been crucified on an olive tree.
Greek
γενέσεως Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ υἱοῦ Ἀβραάμ, καὶ πάλιν τοῦ δὲ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ γέννησις οὕτως ἦν, ὅθεν καὶ ἀνθρωπόμορφον αὐτοῦ τὸ εὐαγγέλιον ἐξεικονίζεται. Μάρκος δὲ ἀπὸ τοῦ προφητικοῦ πνεύματος τοῦ ἐξ ὕψους ἐπιόντος ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς τὴν ἀρχὴν ἐποιήσατο, ἀρχὴν λέγων τοῦ εὐαγγελίου, καθὼς γέγραπται ἐν τοῖς προφήταις· φωνὴ βοῶντος ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ, τὴν προφητικὴν εἰκόνα τοῦ εὐαγγελίου, διὰ τοῦτο δεικνὺς καὶ τὴν ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ τοῦ λέοντος ἀνιστορίζων εἰκόνα· ἁγία τριὰς ὁ θεὸς ἡμῶν σῶσον ἡμᾶς τῇ χάριτί σου. Μάρκος ὁ εὐαγγελιστής, ἐπίσκοπος Ἀλεξανδρέων. Λουκᾶς ὁ εὐαγγελιστής, οὗτοι οἱ δ' ἐκ τῶν οʹ τυγχάνουσιν διασκορπισθέντες ἐπὶ τῷ κηρύγματι ᾧ εἶπεν ὁ κύριος· ἐὰν μή τις οὐ φάγῃ μου τὴν σάρκα καὶ πίῃ μου τὸ αἷμα, οὐκ ἔστι 131 μου ἄξιος. Ἀλλ' ὁ μὲν διὰ Πέτρου, ὁ δὲ διὰ Παύλου πάλιν ἐπανακάμψαντες πρὸς κύριον εὐαγγελίσασθαι καταξιοῦνται ὑπὲρ οὗ καὶ ἐμαρτύρησαν, ὁ μὲν πυρποληθείς, ὁ δὲ σταυρωθεὶς ἐπὶ ἐλαίας.
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Discover the early church's leaders and gospel origins in this ancient account of apostolic successors and their stories.
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- Copy-text PG 41–43 (Khazarzar) (Greek)
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