As an ancient biography, Jesus’ story accurately portrays the life of a heroic individual who is highlighted by his ancestry, birth, deeds, death and afterlife. When beginning to look at his life, the stories that are absent seem to be in his childhood. There is a gap from birth to adulthood where we do not see his education in religion like other heroes. But, I have read the other gospels and it does describe his early life, but that is beside the point. Mark leaves it out and continues to his adulthood where he begins preaching and doing great deeds. Jesus’ prophecy has been stated by Isaiah in the Old Testament. He states that the Lord said, “See, I am sending my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way” (Mark 1:2). This shows his birth was of direct order from God and it fulfills the Greco-Roman biography guidelines. Then, his words and deeds were directly linked to story telling of that time because Jesus used Chiasmus and Chreia. These parables and one-liners were literary devices that other authors used as well. Mark used the same literary devices at this time to sway readers because it was a sort of propaganda. His heroic death was of noble telling because of how gruesome it was for Christ to endure despite being innocent. Then, his resurrection wins over the readers because of his victory over death. Despite the crucifixion, Christ was victorious in life and became the symbol of salvation. Mark used a persuasive understanding of Jesus’ significance in my opinion. He gives the reader comfort and solace because of the resurrection. If Christ died and did not rise again, I do not believe it would have been as powerful because there would not have been a strong victory against sin.