# On Marks Origins In Eusebius church history he records Clements words on Mark from his book [[Eusebius_of_Caesarea_Bishop_of_Caesarea2005-ro.|Hypotyposeis]] > [!quote] [[Eusebius_of_Caesarea_Bishop_of_Caesarea2005-ro.|The History Of The Church]] > And so great a joy of light shone upon the minds of the hearers of Peter that they were not satisfied with merely a single hearing or with the unwritten teaching of the divine gospel, but with all sorts of entreaties they besought Mark, who was a follower of Peter and whose gospel is extant, to leave behind with them in writing a record of the teaching passed on to them orally; and they did not cease until they had prevailed upon the man and so became responsible for the Scripture for reading in the churches. Clement was a 2nd-century church father that testifies to the authorship of Mark, saying the he wrote his Gospel while in Rome with Peter before they departed: # On The Gospels Origins Eusebius Of Casarea's Church History Book 3 records that Clement Of Alexandria is confident in the authorship of the Gospels and even gives us the order he believed them to have been written. > [!quote] [[Eusebius_of_Caesarea_Bishop_of_Caesarea2005-ro.|The History Of The Church]] > “The Gospels containing the genealogies [i.e. Matthew [Matthew The Apostle] and Luke [Luke The Apostle], he says, were written first. The Gospel according to Mark [Mark The Apostle] had this occasion. As Peter [Peter The Apostle] had preached the Word publicly at Rome and declared the Gospel by the Spirit, many who were present requested that Mark, who had followed him for a long time and remembered his sayings, should write them out. And having composed the Gospel he gave it to those who had requested it. When Peter learned of this, he neither directly forbade nor encouraged it. But, last of all, John [John The Apostle], perceiving that the external facts had been made plain in the Gospel, being urged by his friends, and inspired by the Spirit, composed a spiritual Gospel.” This is the account of Clement. Clement confidently states that Matthew and Luke were written first, followed by Mark, who was inspired by Peter's words, and lastly, John at the compelling of his friends. Showing us that even by the late second century/early 3rd century, the church still thought that the Gospels were written by first-hand and second-hand accounts.