M source

[2] In The Four Gospels: A Study of Origins (1924), Burnett Hillman Streeter argued that a third source, referred to as M and also hypothetical, lies behind the material in Matthew that has no parallel in Mark or Luke.

For example, in his 1953 book The Gospel Before Mark, Pierson Parker posited an early version of Matthew (Aram.

Both modern and ancient Biblical scholars agree that it was the earliest Canonical account of the life of Jesus Christ.

A majority of scholars agree that the Gospel of Mark was not written by any of the Apostles, but by an otherwise unimportant figure in the early church.

Notwithstanding its shortcomings, it was probably included in the Canon because the Early Church Fathers believed it was a reliable account of the life of Jesus of Nazareth.

In his Church History, Eusebius records that the writer of this gospel was a man named Mark who was Peter's interpreter.

[citation needed] Due to these questions, M will remain in doubt by some, although it continues to be a widely accepted theory among biblical scholars.