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The gospel appears to have been based on the '' Gospel Of Luke '' but missing the first two chapters concerning the Nativity and beginning at Capernaum, and with modifications of the remainder suitable to Marcionism . A controversial suggestion by some recent scholars is that Marcion's gospel is actually based on an earlier version of Luke and more accurately reflects it than the canonical gospel. Marcion made the same claim, although the church disputed this. From the perspectives of Tertullian and Epiphanius, (when the four gospels had largely canonical status, perhaps in reaction to the challenge created by Marcion, see Biblical Canon ), it appeared that Marcion rejected the gospels not written by Luke; however, in Marcion's time, it may be that the only gospel he was familar with from Pontus was the gospel that would later be called Luke. It is also possible that Marcion's gospel was actually corrected by his critics and became the gospel we know today as Luke, rather than the orthodox view that he changed a canonical gospel to get his version. For an example of evidence that may support this view, compare to ; some scholars question whether Marcion deleted 5:39 from his Gospel or whether it was added later to counteract a Marcionist interpretation of 5:36-38. One must keep in mind that we only know of Marcion through his critics and they considered him a major threat to the form of Christianity that they knew. John Knox in ''Marcion and the New Testament'' was the first to propose that Marcion's Gospel may have preceded Luke's Gospel and Acts. EXTERNAL LINKS
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