Kata Markon

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1 arch tou euaggeliou ihsou cristou uiou qeou
 the beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ son of God

 kaqws gegraptai en tw hsaia tw profhth
 just as it stands written in Isaiah the prophet

 break here completed statement

 Idou apostellw ton aggelon mou pro proswpou sou os kataskeuasei thn
 odon sou
 behold I send the messenger of me before face of you, he will prepare
 the way of you

One last comment on the quotation question. Kathws is a conjunction that Mark uses 8 times. Everytime he uses it he compares something before the conjunction with something that comes after. That is the very nature of a conjunction. It forms a connective bridge between two literary items. What comes before the conjuction in Mark 1:2 is "The beginning of the Gosple of Jesus Christ the son of God". What comes after the conjuction is "Just as it stands written in the prophet Isaiah.
The subject of the first clause is the beginning of the Gospel. This is the item Mark wants to connect with with Isaiah the prophet. If we turn to Isaiah 40 verse 9.

9 Get you up to a high mountain, O Zion, herald of euaggeliou; lift up your voice with strength, O Jerusalem, herald of  euaggeliou  lift it up, fear not; say to the cities of Judah, "Behold your God!" 

It is the euaggeliou good news that stands written in Isaiah not the statement of direct address that follows.

This should settle the issue for nay sayers, but I am sure it wont.  The interesting question for me is "How did scholars miss this when executing hundreds of translations of the text?"

Rick Richmond