Mark wanted to convey the identity of this man Jesus. To do that best, he was willing to juggle chronology, combine features of several stories, and no doubt make up some episodes that would vividly convey a point he thought worth making. As John Calvin once put it, “No fixed and distinct order of dates was observed by the Evangelists in composing their narratives. The consequence is, that they disregard the order of time, and satisfy themselves with presenting, in a summary manner, the leading transactions