“Mark’s view that the resurrected Jesus will not be found near his burial site—Jerusalem—contrasts with the Lukan tradition that Jesus instructed his followers to remain in Jerusalem awaiting the Holy Spirit (Luke 24: 47–53; Acts 1–2). Whereas Luke makes Jerusalem the center of Christian growth and expansion, the Spirit-empowered parent church led by Peter and James, Jesus’ “brother” (Acts 1: 4–3: 34; 15: 13–21; 21: 16), Mark paints it as a hotbed of conniving hypocrites who scheme to murder the Son of God.”