it was much easier to read that

如果你自己大声朗读
if you read it out loud to yourself,

这就很容易
so that's the way ancient people read.

这就是古人阅读的方式
We don't have chapter numbers and verse divisions,

没有章数没有小节划分
those are all later creations that came about in the Middle ages in Christianity.

这都是中世纪后才在基督教中创造出来的
By modern reckoning, therefore, there are sixteen chapters in Mark,

现代观点认为马可福音有16章
that's the shortest Gospel,

这是最短的福音书
and of that, one-third of Mark is

其中的三分之一
just the last week of Jesus' life,

都是关于耶稣生平的最后一星期
the passion narrative part of it.

也就是受难故事的部分
As this scholar said,

如这学者所说
Mark is really a passion narrative with an extended introduction.

马可福音是一个受难故事的扩展介绍