John

Gender: Male

Years: 44 - 66

Dictionary Text: The evangelist; “John whose surname was Mark”,. Mark, etc. was his Roman name, which gradually came to supersede his Jewish name John. He is called John in,, and Mark in 15:39,, 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. Of his father we know nothing. He was cousin of Barnabas. 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”. It is probable that the “young man” spoken of in, was Mark himself. He is first mentioned in. He went with Paul and Barnabas on their first journey as their “minister,” but from some cause turned back when they reached Perga in Pamphylia;. Three years afterwards a “sharp contention” arose between Paul and Barnabas, 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; :24. At a later period he was with Peter in Babylon, 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. He then disappears from view.

Disambiguation Notes: John (the apostle)

Family Members

• Mother: Mary

Verses

• Philemon 1:24: Marcus, Aristarchus, Demas, Lucas, my fellowlabourers.
• Acts 12:12: And 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.
• 2 Timothy 4:11: Only Luke is with me. Take Mark, and bring him with thee: for he is profitable to me for the ministry.
• Acts 15:37: And Barnabas determined to take with them John, whose surname was Mark.
• Acts 12:25: And Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem, when they had fulfilled their ministry, and took with them John, whose surname was Mark.
• 1 Peter 5:13: The church that is at Babylon, elected together with you, saluteth you; and so doth Marcus my son.
• Colossians 4:10: Aristarchus my fellowprisoner saluteth you, and Marcus, sister’s son to Barnabas, (touching whom ye received commandments: if he come unto you, receive him;)
• Acts 13:5: And 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 13:13: Now when Paul and his company loosed from Paphos, they came to Perga in Pamphylia: and John departing from them returned to Jerusalem.
• Acts 15:39: And the contention was so sharp between them, that they departed asunder one from the other: and so Barnabas took Mark, and sailed unto Cyprus;