Book Mark

The book of Mark: Can you tell me more information about it?

I have a Bible class, and need to know a lot about the book of Mark

It is the shortest of the four gospels, starting abruptly with his baptism by John and ending abruptly at his resurrection. It focuses on Jesus as a wonder-worker rather than as a teacher. Jesus is clearly portrayed as secretive and in a hurry. Its writing style is rougher than that of the other evangelists, it employs more Aramaic terms, the stories are typically shorter than they are in Matthew or Luke, and scholars consider it to likely be the first gospel written down. Some people believe the author may have been John Mark, a follower of Paul, but there is no basis for this assumption.