Mark borrowed from Acts and the early Pauline corpus

Michael Turton asked:
"By means of synonymic interchanges, Mark also made allusions to verses in Romans, 1 and 2 Corinthians, Colossians, and 1 and 2 Thessalonians."Does he have any examples? I'd love to see them!

Michael,
The article for which I supplied the link is probably a summary of the many writings of Lindsey that appear in articles, books etc. not readily accessible. You might check JerusalemPerspective.com for Lindsey articles. Many years ago I read Lindsey, A Hebrew Translation of the Gospel of Mark, wherein, Lindsey demonstrated the priority of Luke. I recall that Lindsey asserted that Mark borrowed "he is beside himself" from 2 Cor. 5:13. Lindsey noted that Mark only borrowed from the early Pauline corpus, which Lindsey defined as 1 & 2 Thess., 1 & 2 Cor. and Romans, a finding which is quite interesting.

Before I discuss the borrowings from Paul’s early writings, I would like to mention one example given by Lindsey on how Mark combined Matthew and Luke. In the story of John the Baptist, Mark states: “John whom I beheaded, he has risen.” Lindsey states: “In other words, Mark combines the story of Luke’s confused Herod with a story of a Herod who is certain!”[i] Of course, you will need to read the Matthew’s straightforward story about the tetrarch Herod in which Herod showed absolute certainty in his decision that Jesus was John the Baptist returned from the dead and compare it with Luke’s account that ends with Herod “wanted to see Jesus.”

I plan to continue my comments but I will need to locate my notes.

[i] Lindsey, 31.

coyrighted 2005