Marcus: Chapter 7

[There] come from Yerushalem Separatists and some of the scholars, [who] gather [near] him, and see that some of his students are eating bread with debased, that is, unwashed, hands (for the Separatists, and all the Youdaians, if they have not washed their hands and fists, do not eat, [keeping] firmly the heritage of the …

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Marcus: Chapter 1

The Origin of the Welcome Message of [the Divine] Yoshua, the Chosen One [As told to Yohanan Marcus] Lo, I send my messenger before thy face,   which shall prepare thy way before thee. The voice of one crying in the wilderness   —Prepare ye the way of the Master;       make his paths straight. – Esias the …

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A personal letter to the bishop of Kolossai

[812 AUC, Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, Cossus Cornelius Lentulus, Consuls] Dear Philemon our colleague, Sister Apfia, Archippos our comrade-in-arms, and the assembly at your house, Favor and peace to you from God our father and Master Yoshua the Chosen one. I always thank God when I remember you when I pray. I hear [about] …

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The Origin of the Welcome News of Yoshua the Chosen One

The first portion of the Copperstone Bible, The Welcome News as told to Yohanan Marcus, otherwise known as the Gospel of Mark, is available in eBook form at: Amazon Apple iBooks Kobo Books Barnes & Noble Smashwords —To what, he says, shall we compare the kingdom of God, and by what analogy shall we illuminate it? Like …

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