StMark.GospelPage Published April 25, 2017 at 600 × 400 in Evening Prayer 4.25.17, St. Mark the Evangelist ← Previous St. Mark’s Gospel is fast-paced and action-packed; everything happens “straightaway” (KJV) or “immediately” (NRSV). Mark arranged Christ’s healing miracles to lead to a climactic passage in 8:27-30 when Peter confesses that Jesus is the Messiah.