Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. In a particularly controversial passage, Mark claims that Jesus used parables to prevent the public from understanding his message.
2. Mark's account of the Last Supper differs greatly from Paul's earlier description.
3. Mark is the only Gospel writer who portrays Jesus as explicitly accepting a messianic identity at his trial before the Sanhedrin.
4. The Markan depiction and the historical depiction of Pilate are practically identical.
5. Scholars disagree about the basis of the Markan Passion story.


1. TRUE
2. FALSE
3. TRUE
4. FALSE
5. TRUE

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