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This article contains a free Bible Study resource on the subject of Mark. It provides facts, a biography and information about this famous Biblical character for bible study. There is also reference to where Mark is mentioned in the Holy Bible. Mark Bible Study Bible Dictionary Definition - Who was Mark?
The definition and outline of Mark is as follows: According to the New Testament he was a follower and Apostle of Jesus Christ. Mark the Evangelist, also called John Mark. He was the first patriarch of Alexandria and credited with the authorship of the Gospel of Mark. He was also said to be the interpreter of Peter. Biography, Facts and Information about Mark
The following info provides a concise biography with facts and information about Mark: The evangelist; "John whose surname was Mark" (Acts 12:12,25). Mark (Marcus, Colossians 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 15:39,2Tim 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 (Colossians 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 Peter 5:13). It is probable that the "young man" spoken of in Mark 14:51,52was 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 (Colossians 4:10; Philemon 1:24). At a later period he was with Peter in Babylon (1 Peter 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 Timothy 4:11). He then disappears from view. Mark
We have selected Mark as one of the most important people and character from the Bible and provided a biography and character outline of this famous person. Much of the information is taken from the classic reference books including Matthew George Easton "Easton's Bible Dictionary" and Ashley S Johnson "Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia". Mark - A Free Christian Bible Study Resource
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