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Ideas of St Mark, by Text

[Israelite, fl. 60, One of the four Evangelists, author of the earliest gospel about the life of Jesus of Nazareth.]

66	02: Gospel of St Mark

13:22	p.210	20716	False prophets will perform wonders to deceive even the elect
			Full Idea: For false messiahs and false prophets will appear and perform signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect.
			From: St Mark (02: Gospel of St Mark [c.66], 13:22), quoted by Brian Davies - Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion
			A reaction: This casts a rather different light on the miracles of Jesus, since they were performed in a context in which even Jesus believed that lots of people (and not just the son of God) could perform miracles. Undermines any Argument from Miracles.