Gobar is thought to have lived in the sixth century CE, since "the latest author [he] quotes is Severus of Antioch" (who died in 538 CE).
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Following the link you provided, the text is from The History of the Patriarchs of Alexandria, a compilation attributed to Severus of El Ashmunein from the 10 century and expanded upon by later authors.Giuseppe wrote: ↑Sat Feb 04, 2023 10:16 pm This is the passage I mean:
And Mark was one of the Seventy Disciples. And he was among the servants who poured out the water which our Lord turned into wine, at the marriage of Cana in Galilee. And it was he who carried the jar of water into the house of Simon the Cyrenian, at the time of the sacramental Supper. And he also it was who entertained the disciples in his house, at the time of the Passion of the Lord Christ, and after his Resurrection from the |140 dead, where he entered to them while the doors were shut. And after his Ascension into heaven, Mark went with Peter to Jerusalem, and they preached the word of God to the multitudes
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I think that it is evidence that in Mark the function of the man with the jar is to work as ocular witness, which makes Mark a liar just as a liar was the author of the following interpolation in the Fourth Gospel (John 19:35 ):
I think that the author of Acts introduced "John Mark" assuming that he was the author of Mark. Why precisely him? Because there was the risk that the words of the Fourth Gospeldavidlau17 wrote: ↑Sun Feb 05, 2023 12:54 pm The idea that Mark was the man carrying the water jar in GMark seems to be medieval eisegesis.