To the Authenticity of the Gospels

           The second false claim made by the Christian scholars in order to support the authenticity of the gospels is their contention that the gospel of Mark was written with the help of Peter. This is another clever contrivance to misguide the general populace. Let us first have the wittiness of Irenaeus. He said:

           Mark, the follower and the translator of Peter, wrote the teachings of Peter after the death of Paul and Peter.

 Lardner said in his commentary;

           In my opinion Mark did not write his gospel before 63 or 64 AD. This period is also in accordance with the description of the ancient writer Irenacus, who said that Mark wrote his gospel after the death of Peter and Paul. Basnage agreed with Irenaeus and said that Mark wrote his gospel in 66 AD after the death of Peter and Paul,

           The witnesses of Basnage and Irenaeus are sufficient to prove that this gospel was written after the death of Peter and Paul, and that Peter certainly did not see the gospel of Mark,[1] and the statement, often cited to prove that Peter saw it, is weak and unacceptable. It is why Se author of Murshid ut-Talibeen, in spite of all his religious preoccupations said on page 170 of his book printed in 1840:

           He has falsely answered that the gospel of Mark was written under the guidance of Peter.

           This claim of its being written in the life of Peter has therefore no grounds and hence, is rejected.

 

[1]G. T. Menley  said that in the Markine Preface of the gospel of Mark, which was written in  170, we are informed that Mark wrote his gospel in ltaly after the: death of Peter, and   this seems to be correct.  (Our Holy Books)