 Some acknowledged that the Second Coming had been delayed, but still expected it; others redefined the focus of the promise, the Gospel of John, for example, speaking of "eternal life" as something available in the present; while still others concluded that Jesus would not return at all (2 Peter argues against those who held this view).Mark's despairing death of Jesus was changed to a more victorious one in subsequent gospels.Mark's Christ dies with the cry, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?