Mark the Messiah's Gospel is just one of the commentaries that Carroll has written on the four gospels—Matthew the Hebrew Gospel, Luke the Lord's Gospel, and John the Jewish Gospel. Mark, identified as John Mark in the New Testament, was writing through the inspiration of Simon Peter who had walked with the very Son of God and was the leader of the disciples. Mark was writing to the Jewish and Gentile believers in Rome. His gospel is the shortest of the four gospels and presents Jesus as Israel's Messiah in a fast-paced, action-packed style.