[fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”][fusion_text]John Mark is a person in the Bible who early Christians thought to have written the Gospel of Mark.  He is mentioned quite a few times in the Acts of the Apostles as, “John, who was also called Mark.”  A reason for this was at the time a Jew would have two different names.  One name would be Semitic, and the other, Roman.  John would have been his Hebrew name, and Mark would have been his Greco-Roman name.[/fusion_text][fusion_text]


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Who was John Mark in the Bible

He is mentioned as the assistant or mentor to Peter as well as his interpreter.  John Mark is more commonly referred to as Mark the Evangelist.  He would have been the one who was documenting accounts of Jesus through Peter.  This is why the Gospel of Mark is thought by some to have been the earliest written accounts of Jesus’s teachings.  He is also responsible for the creation of the church of Africa, and became the bishop of Alexandria in 42AD.  Through the establishment of Christianity in Alexandria, it was able to spread through all of Egypt.

John Mark is also thought to be the cousin of Barnabas.  There are a few scholars though that now think that this might not be the case.  The first person to mention this idea was Hippolytus of Rome.  He thought that Mark, the cousin of Barnabas and Mark the Evangelist were two different people.  There is always going to be some disagreement with who most of the characters in the Bible were.  It isn’t as if there is a biography of each person mentioned attached to the Book.  This is unfortunate for those who really want to know.  Remember the messages are the important part, not who wrote them.  We should at least all be on a consensus with that.[/fusion_text][fusion_text]


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Feast Day of John Mark and Mark the Evangelist

This is actually a bit confusing.  Even though early Christians thought of them as the same person, there are two different feast days.  The feast day of John Mark is treated as the 27th of September.  He is venerated in both the Roman and Eastern Catholic Churches.  Mark the Evangelist’s feast day is the 25th of April and is venerated in all Christian churches.  This is because of the nature of Roman Martyrology of Saint John Mark and Mark, the writer of the Gospel.[/fusion_text][/fusion_builder_column][fusion_builder_column type=”1_3″ last=”no” spacing=”yes” center_content=”no” hide_on_mobile=”no” background_color=”” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” background_position=”left top” hover_type=”none” link=”” border_position=”all” border_size=”0px” border_color=”” border_style=”” padding=”” margin_top=”” margin_bottom=”” animation_type=”” animation_direction=”” animation_speed=”0.1″ animation_offset=”” class=”” id=””][fusion_text]

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.

Acts 12:12

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And Barnabas determined to take with them John, whose surname was Mark.

But Paul thought not good to take him with them, who departed from them from Pamphylia, and went not with them to the work.

Acts 15:37-38

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And Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem, when they had fulfilled their ministry, and took with them John, whose surname was Mark.

Acts 12:25

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