The Gospel of Mark portrays Jesus Christ as the suffering servant.  Mark’s gospel is like a shooting script for a movie or a play. It moves rapidly through a series of visual images, emphasizing action. Mark continually uses a word “eutheos”, which is translated “immediately,” “straightway,” “forthwith,” etc.  It appears over 40 times, which is about equal to the rest of the New Testament (only seven times in Matthew and only once in Luke.)

Mark uses the “historical present tense” 150 times: Jesus comes, Jesus says, Jesus heals—all in the present tense.

There are more miracles recorded in Mark than in the other Gospels, despite its being the shortest. Matthew’s gospel seems longer because he includes the discourses—probably verbatim, having the skill to take them down in shorthand (as a customs official). Removing the discourses, it is shorter than Mark’s.