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The 38 pages that link to Gospel of Mark, each with the reason it gives.

• Gospel of MatthewRelated: Matthew incorporates much of Mark’s narrative while expanding and reshaping it.

• Historical JesusRelated: Its narrative is a central early source for reconstructing Jesus’s public activity.

• Acts of the ApostlesCompared with: Unlike Acts, Mark ends its main narrative at the discovery of the empty tomb rather than the church’s missions.

• Gospel of LukeRelated: Luke follows Mark’s broad narrative sequence while expanding and reshaping many episodes.

• Gospel of JohnCompared with: Mark’s shorter, more compressed account offers a clear comparison with John’s extended discourses.

• Synoptic GospelsBroader topic: It supplies much of the narrative framework and wording shared by Matthew and Luke.

• Resurrection of JesusRelated: Its earliest surviving ending reports the empty tomb and the women’s fear.

• Biblical criticismBroader topic: Its relationship to Matthew and Luke is central to research on Gospel composition.

• Peter the ApostleRelated: Ancient tradition links Mark’s Gospel with Peter’s preaching, though the connection is debated.

• Gospel of ThomasCompared with: Mark's continuous narrative contrasts with Thomas's collection of sayings.

• John the BaptistRelated: Mark opens by identifying John as the wilderness messenger who prepares Jesus' way.

• Q sourceRelated: The two-source hypothesis treats Mark as a source used independently by Matthew and Luke.

• EasterRelated: Its ending preserves an early account of the women finding the tomb empty.

• Crucifixion of JesusRelated: Its passion narrative is a key early account of the execution.

• Nativity of JesusCompared with: It contains no infancy narrative, unlike Matthew and Luke.

• Kingdom of GodBroader topic: Mark opens Jesus’ public preaching with a proclamation that God’s kingdom has drawn near.

• Mary MagdaleneRelated: It names Mary Magdalene among the women who witness Jesus’s burial and visit the tomb.

• Papias of HierapolisRelated: Papias reports that Mark accurately recorded Peter’s recollections, though not in order.

• DiscipleshipRelated: Its narrative repeatedly depicts the difficulties and demands faced by Jesus’s followers.

• Judas IscariotRelated: Mark depicts Judas arranging Jesus’s arrest and identifying him with a kiss.

• Historical-critical methodBroader topic: Its relationship to Matthew and Luke supplies central evidence in Gospel source criticism.

• Saint PeterRelated: Early tradition associates Mark’s Gospel with Peter’s preaching and testimony.

• Great CommissionCompared with: Its earliest recoverable ending lacks Matthew’s explicit commission scene.

• Herod AntipasRelated: Mark tells how Antipas’s banquet and oath led to John’s execution.

• Simon PeterRelated: Mark supplies an early narrative of Peter’s discipleship and denial.

• Mark the EvangelistRelated: This is the work traditionally attributed to Mark.

• Passion of JesusRelated: Its concise Passion account strongly shaped the later Synoptic narratives.

• Perpetual virginity of MaryRelated: Its references to Jesus’ brothers and sisters are read differently across Christian traditions.

• Pontius PilateBroader topic: Mark’s trial narrative is an early Christian account of Pilate’s decision.

• Bartholomew the ApostleRelated: Its list of the Twelve includes Bartholomew.

• Epistle to the PhilippiansCompared with: Mark narrates Jesus’s life; Philippians interprets Christ’s significance through a compact poetic passage.

• Matthew the ApostleCompared with: Many scholars hold that Matthew used Mark, complicating the claim that his Gospel was composed independently.

• Parables of JesusRelated: Mark preserves parables and frames them within a narrative of Jesus's public teaching.

• Jude the ApostleRelated: Its list of the Twelve includes Thaddaeus, but not an apostle named Jude.

• Palm SundayRelated: Mark supplies one of the earliest written accounts behind the feast’s story.

• Simon the ZealotRelated: Mark’s apostle list gives Simon the epithet “the Cananaean.”

• The Storm on the Sea of GalileeRelated: Mark 4:35–41 is one of the accounts behind the depicted miracle.

• James the GreatRelated: It names James among the first disciples called and records his place in Jesus’s inner circle.