Mark's Narrative of Jesus

The narrative is fascinating because one of the things I have my students do is read through the first eight chapters. And figure out how Jesus is portrayed and who understands who he is in the narrative. This is distinctive to Mark. You don't get this in the other Gospels in Mark. So God tells Jesus that he's the son of God at the baptism, then when he casts out demons, they will start crying out "We know who you are" He'll tell them, don't tell anyone.