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John Mark in the Bible.

John Mark, companion of Barnabas and Paul; the second Gospel bears his name. The King James Version names John Mark in 16 verses, from 2 Samuel 13:28 to 1 Peter 5:13.

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Who John Mark was.

The evangelist; “John whose surname was Mark” (Acts 12:12, 25). Mark (Marcus, Col. 4:10, etc.) was his Roman name, which gradually came to supersede his Jewish name John. He is called John in Acts 13:5, 13, and Mark in 15:39, 2 Tim. 4:11, etc.

He was the son of Mary, a woman apparently of some means and influence, and was probably born in Jerusalem, where his mother resided (Acts 12:12). Of his father we know nothing. He was cousin of Barnabas (Col. 4:10). It was in his mother’s house that Peter found “many gathered together praying” when he was released from prison; and it is probable that it was here that he was converted by Peter, who calls him his “son” (1 Pet. 5:13). It is probable that the “young man” spoken of in Mark 14:51, 52 was Mark himself. He is first mentioned in Acts 12:25. He went with Paul and Barnabas on their first journey (about A.D. 47) as their “minister,” but from some cause turned back when they reached Perga in Pamphylia (Acts 12:25; 13:13). Three years afterwards a “sharp contention” arose between Paul and Barnabas (15:36-40), because Paul would not take Mark with him. He, however, was evidently at length reconciled to the apostle, for he was with him in his first imprisonment at Rome (Col. 4:10; Philemon 1:24). At a later period he was with Peter in Babylon (1 Pet. 5:13), then, and for some centuries afterwards, one of the chief seats of Jewish learning; and he was with Timothy in Ephesus when Paul wrote him during his second imprisonment (2 Tim. 4:11). He then disappears from view.

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).

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All 16 verses that name John Mark.

2 Samuel 1

  • 2 Samuel 13:28Now Absalom had commanded his servants, saying, Mark ye now when Amnon’s heart is merry with wine, and when I say unto you, Smite Amnon; then kill him, fear not: have not I commanded you? be courageous and be valiant.

1 Kings 1

  • 1 Kings 20:7Then the king of Israel called all the elders of the land, and said, Mark, I pray you, and see how this man seeketh mischief: for he sent unto me for my wives, and for my children, and for my silver, and for my gold; and I denied him not.

Job 2

  • Job 21:5Mark me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth.
  • Job 33:31Mark well, O Job, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I will speak.

Psalms 2

  • Psalms 37:37Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace.
  • Psalms 48:13Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that ye may tell it to the generation following.

Acts 6

  • Acts 12:12And when he had considered the thing, he came to the house of Mary the mother of John, whose surname was Mark; where many were gathered together praying.
  • Acts 12:25And Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem, when they had fulfilled their ministry, and took with them John, whose surname was Mark.
  • Acts 13:5And when they were at Salamis, they preached the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews: and they had also John to their minister.
  • Acts 13:13Now when Paul and his company loosed from Paphos, they came to Perga in Pamphylia: and John departing from them returned to Jerusalem.
  • Acts 15:37And Barnabas determined to take with them John, whose surname was Mark.
  • Acts 15:39And the contention was so sharp between them, that they departed asunder one from the other: and so Barnabas took Mark, and sailed unto Cyprus;

Colossians 1

  • Colossians 4:10Aristarchus my fellowprisoner saluteth you, and Marcus, sister’s son to Barnabas, (touching whom ye received commandments: if he come unto you, receive him;)

2 Timothy 1

  • 2 Timothy 4:11Only Luke is with me. Take Mark, and bring him with thee: for he is profitable to me for the ministry.

Philemon 1

  • Philemon 1:24Marcus, Aristarchus, Demas, Lucas, my fellowlabourers.

1 Peter 1

  • 1 Peter 5:13The church that is at Babylon, elected together with you, saluteth you; and so doth Marcus my son.

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Who was John Mark in the Bible?

John Mark, companion of Barnabas and Paul; the second Gospel bears his name. The King James Version names John Mark in 16 verses, from 2 Samuel 13:28 to 1 Peter 5:13.

Who was John Mark’s mother?

Mary.

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