The Crucifixion and The Resurrection Not Concealed
If the Gospels didn't include the episode of the arrest, the trial, and the crucifixion of Christ Jesus, what would have happened?
Suppose that the early Christians or more correctly the Christian Israelites thought the tragedy of Christ Jesus should not be revealed and should not be informed readers of and thus omitted the episode from the Gospels. Then, a Gospel should read this way: Christ Jesus held the last supper. And then He prayed in an orchard alone at night, but suddenly He disappeared. However three days later He made appearance to women who had followed Him and the Apostles. And soon after, He ascended into Heaven.
Put simply, if the early followers of Christ Jesus had concealed the fact of the Crucifixion and forbade any authors of Gospels to write the tragic episode, today we should be puzzled at what actually happened between the last supper and Christ Jesus' ascension to Heaven. Indeed, the Gospels without descriptions of the Crucifixion and the Resurrection should be something like a fable without much spiritual impact on readers.
Probably this mystery must have remained unsolved for 2000 years or for ever. Christianity without the Crucifixion and the Resurrection of Christ Jesus is unthinkable. This religion should be a very minor one today in that case.
However, as the first Gospel Mark wrote clearly stated that Christ Jesus was arrested and executed on a cross by the Roman authority, all the other subsequent authors of Gospels, letters, and other documents also depicted the Crucifixion and the Resurrection as a matter of fact. Even Paul was taught this fact by the Apostles and probably through the Gospel of Mark.
So, I think there must have been some kind of arguments among early followers of Christ Jesus as to whether the Crucifixion and the Resurrection should be revealed to the future generations. In traditions of Judaists and Hebrews, such a fact must not have been accepted. If Christianity had been only directed to Judaists in the first century, it was probably better for mission to hide the Crucifixion and the Resurrection of Christ Jesus.
In this context, great was Mark who wrote the earliest Gospel with the focus on the Crucifixion and the Resurrection. It is as if Christ Jesus Himself instructed Mark to describe the tragic and mysterious fact so plainly and clearly.
And, put extremely, Mark could be another form of Christ Jesus.
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Mat 8:7 And Jesus saith unto him, I will come and heal him.