Trial and Death in Jerusalem: The story of the Trial and Death of Jesus in the gospel of Mark and John
             There are many biblical works out that depict the crucifixions of Jesus; though all of them talk about the same religion they do have significant differences between them. The most significant difference are seen between the gospels of Mark and John, both describing the event but in different ways. The two gospels differ in almost everything from the last prayer of Jesus to his last breath.
             The book of Mark have Jesus pray his last prayer in a tone that makes him seem very scared and worried about what was going to happen to him in the near future. The author who wrote the book of John portrayed Jesus as a very calming and encouraging figure during his last prayer. In John, Jesus also said his final prayer in front of all his disciples during the last supper and all the words he used in the prayer were all positive sayings. "..."Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son so that the Son may glorify you, since you have given him authority over all people, to give eternal life to all whom you have given him." (John17: 1-2 ). In this passage, he used optimistic words like 'glorify' and phrases like 'eternal life'. This prayer was all about how to glorify the Son so that the Son would be able to glorify the Father. The prayer shows how confident and certain Jesus was at the time in confronting his fate. In Mark, on the other hand, Jesus prayed in Gethsemane (the olive orchard on the slope of the Mount of Olives just east of Jerusalem) alone, leaving the disciples behind. Before his last prayer, Jesus told Peter, James, and John to stay awake and pray. "And he said to them, "I am deeply grieved, even to death; remain here and stay awake. And going a little farther, he threw himself on the ground and prayed that if it were possible that the hour might pass from him. He said, "Abba, F...