preached by Jesus. Εὐαγγέλιον in the title and εὐαγγέλιον in 1:14 form a bracket around the introduction that binds together the gospel about Jesus and the gospel Jesus preached, without confusing or identifying them.17 2.3.3. ἀρχή This has implications for the meaning of the key and disputed word ἀρχή. What is the ἀρχή? The following possibilities have been offered: 2.3.3.1. ἀρχή as “beginning” If ἀρχή is understood as “beginning,” then the most pedestrian sense in which to read
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