Mark : mpauteprov, pretorium ; Kivoos, tribute ; bpayeddow, to scourge ; also covotadta, guard, peculiar to him alone.
He frequently uses the words to come or go (rpocépxYopar, mropéve) after the oriental manner, to expand his narrative ; as, when the tempter came he said (iv. 8); @ centurion came beseech- ing (viii. 5); @ scribe came and said (viii. 19) ; the disciples of John came, saying (ix. 14). The former of these verbs (poaép- xopar) occurs fifty-one times, while in Mark it is found but six times, and in Luke, ten. The word dvap, a dream, is used by him alone in the New Testament, and always in the phrase cat’ dvap, in a dream. It occurs six times. Tddos, a tomb, is also peculiar to him, the other evangelists using pyijya or LVNLELOV, the latter being used also by Matthew. 6 Neyopevos, who ts called, is a favorite expression in announcing names or surnames (Ge 16; x.2; xxvi.3,14). He adds of the people to scribes or elders (ii. 4; xxi. 23; xxvi. 3, 47; xxvii. 1). He writes, into the name (eis To dvoua), where the other evangelists have éy, 2m, or éri, upon (x. 41, 42; xviii. 20; xxviii. 19). His favorite parti- cle of transition is TéTe, then, which occurs ninety times, to six in Mark and fourteen in Luke (ii. 7; i. 5; vill. 26; x1. 20, etc.). There are about a hundred and twenty words which are used by him alone in the New Testament. Two instances 0c- eur of a play upon words : adavifover pavect, they make their real faces disappear, in order that they may appear (vi. 16) 5 Kaxods Kaxes, he will evilly destroy those evil husbandmen” (xxi. 41).
The writer is utterly merged in his narrative. The very lack of individuality in his style corresponds with the fact that, with the single exception of the incident of his call and feast, he does not appear in his gospel, even as asking a question. It has been suggested that traces of his old employment appear in the use of the word tribute-money, instead of penny, and in the record of the miracle of the coin in the fish’s mouth; but the name “Matthew the publican” .serves rather to emphasize his ob- scurity. The Jew who received the Messiah he portrayed could never lose his disgust for the office and class which he represented. A gospel written by a publican would seem least of all adapted to reach the very people to whom it was addressed.