The Gospel of Mark is the first of the four Gospels to be written and evidence suggests that the place of origin for this gospel was Rome. This Gospel places it's attention on what Jesus did. The shortest of all the gospels, beginning at Jesus' baptism (nothing about his birth) and ending at the empty tomb (no resurrection appearances). Mark's account of Jesus is full of action and an excellent introduction for the unbeliever to …showed first 75 words of 1076 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1076 total…the fact of who He is. This is also recorded in the other Gospels but not in the same frequency. Mark's Gospel is not the Gospel for converting people to Christianity, that's for John. Mark's Gospel is not the Gospel for telling of the life of Jesus, that's for Luke and Matthew. Mark's Gospel is for Christians, yesterday and today, living in a world of persecution and problems - A GOSPEL FOR YESTERDAY AND TODAY.