The stories of the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus in the gospels Mark and Peter differ greatly. Each author has their own plot, descriptive language, audience, and characterization of Jesus. What we know about Jesus and how he is portrayed changes from one gospel to another. For example, the Gospel of Mark uses many Jewish references and draws parallels to the Old Testament, which was most likely for the benefit of a Jewish audience. Furthermore, the Jesus in Mark's gospel is characterized by being more divine, adapting to the expectations of the Jewish community. However, the Gospel of Peter appears to entertain both pagan and Jewish audiences, using language with which both groups could identify. Peter's Jesus is portrayed strangely and is more akin to what we would consider superhuman rather than divine. The most obvious differences between the crucifixion and resurrection stories in the Gospel of Mark and the Gospel of Peter lie in their plots. These differences, in fact, change our conception of Jesus. In the Gospel of Mark it begins with Jesus before Pilate but in the Gospel of Peter it begins with a sort of council between Pontius Pilate and Herod. In the Gospel of Mark we see Jesus on trial accused of many things. Pilate asks Jesus: “Are you the king of the Jews?” and Jesus responds “You say so,” and we see a Jesus who is above slander and empty accusations. (Mk 15,2) In saying this, Jesus never admits anything. While he accepts what they are doing to him; he makes no comment on the truth of their accusations or rumors about him. A position that makes us understand that Jesus is taking the high road. However, in the Gospel of Peter we cannot afford the luxury of starting from such a conception, in fact we do not even get to see Jesus u...... middle of paper ......ived. There are these Jewish undertones in Mark that make Jesus a divine and respectable figure who had to endure so many hardships during his passion, crucifixion, and resurrection. In Peter we have a strange vision of Jesus. He can be perceived as a human being endowed with extraordinary gifts and supernatural events simply occurred around him. Even crazier phenomena that are not seen in the canonical texts also occurred in Peter. An example of this phenomenon would be when a floating cross appears and then starts talking. Both texts present very different views of Jesus and at the same time pose questions that cannot be answered definitively. The only thing that is certain is that both Mark and Peter used their plots and their languages ​​to really influence how their audiences saw Jesus. Jesus was emphasized as more divine in Mark and more human in Peter.