The Jimmy Akin Podcast | Episode 061 (November 24, 2025)

Was Mark just a cliff-notes version of Matthew? Jimmy Akin looks at the evidence concerning St. Augustine’s ancient theory: reversible arguments, eyewitness claims, and why Mark’s “epitome” would have failed. Discover why the 90% overlap between the two Gospels points to Mark being written first—making it unpolished, raw, and based on Peter’s preaching.

Timecodes
00:00 – Coming Up
00:43 – Intro
01:07 – 1 Augustine’s Arguments
02:12 – 2 The Argument from Parallels
03:37 – 3 The Argument from Language
04:05 – 4 Matthew the Eyewitness
05:03 – 5 It’s Weak
07:12 – 6 My Own Experience
10:04 – Was Mark Hupomnemata?
12:14 – 8 Mark the Epitomizer?
13:38 – 9 A New Opportunity
14:43 – 10 Ancient Epitomes
16:15 – 11 Mark vs. the Epitomes
17:35 – 12 Mark’s Pericopes
19:20 – 13 Important Material Cut Out?
21:04 – 14 Unimportant Material Added?
22:49 – 15 An Unsuccessful Epitome?
26:04 – 16 The Case Against the Augustinian Hypothesis
28:01 – 17 Augustine’s Later Doubts?
31:15 – 18 Conclusion
33:39 – Closing/Outro
34:38 – End