The principle, which was what some people like to call the "Mystery of Jesus." Many people still thought of Jesus as a very mysterious character that they were having trouble figuring out. The main emphasis in most of the passages was the miraculous acts that Jesus performed. This proved to the many who doubted that he was the Son of God that he really was. The two sections that surround the Mystery of Jesus both fit well within the Gospel. The section that precedes it is " The Preparation for the Public Ministry of Jesus." The section speaks of what the people who surrounded Jesus thought of him. The section that follows "The Mystery of Jesus," is "The Mystery begins to be revealed." This section talks about how people are finally starting to realize who Jesus is and what he is all about. As one can see the placement of the stories coincide with one another perfectly. The placement of the passages also makes the story flow better and allows the reader to correctly understand Jesus. All of this would not be possible without an introduction to the whole Gospel, which shows what is going to be talked about. .
The introduction discusses the whole outlook of the story and what is going to happen. In Mark's introduction, he tells the reader who he is writing to and why it was written during that time. Mark tells us that he is writing to the Gentiles and that the story was written when people needed something to look at and believe in. They needed it to protect themselves against religious persecution and something to stand up for. They use the story as a guideline, to study and figure out the teachings of Jesus. When telling the story to the Gentiles, Mark realizes that they know nothing about the cultural traditions of the Jews. They don't know the ritual about how the Jews like to cleanse their hands and how important this tradition is to the Jewish people. Mark knows that they wouldn't have understood the story without him explaining it to them.
