The Book of Mark

'Finishing Well' is the name of the game. Here was a rich, young ruler - a first century 'yuppie' if you will - who, although getting off to a rather problematic beginning, finished well, indeed.  A rich young ruler questioned Christ about what he needed to do to inherit eternal life. Mark's Gospel includes a detail that Matthew and Luke failed to mention: 'And Jesus looking upon him loved him...' This hints at the possibility that young John Mark himself may have been that rich young man.