The first Gospel
Around AD 70, within the lifetime of eyewitnesses, Mark set down the first continuous account of Jesus’s ministry, death and empty tomb. Early tradition links it to Peter’s preaching. Matthew and Luke both drew on it, so much of what we know of Jesus passes through this short, urgent book.
37 Jesus cried out with a loud voice, and gave up the spirit. 38 The veil of the temple was torn in two from the top to the bottom. 39 When the centurion, who stood by opposite him, saw that he cried out like this and breathed his last, he said, “Truly this man was the Son of God!”