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    Mark

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    Mark (also called John), Barnabas' cousin and Paul's companion, was the author of the Gospel of Mark.

    verses
    10
    first named
    Acts 12:12
    last named
    1 Peter 5:13
    period
    the New Testament
    tribe
    Levi

    Description

    Who was Mark?

    In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

    Mark, also known as John Mark, was a prominent figure in the early Christian church. He was the son of Mary, whose house in Jerusalem served as a meeting place for the believers (Act.12.12). Mark was also the cousin of Barnabas (Col.4.10) and accompanied Paul and Barnabas on their first missionary journey (Act.12.25; 13.5). However, he left them at Perga and returned to Jerusalem (Act.13.13), which later caused a disagreement between Paul and Barnabas (Act.15.37-39). Despite this, Mark remained active in ministry, as evidenced by Paul's later references to him as a fellow worker (Phm.1.24; 2Ti.4.11). He also worked closely with Peter, who referred to him as "my son Mark" (1Pe.5.13). Tradition holds that Mark wrote the Gospel that bears his name based on Peter's teachings, making it one of the earliest written accounts of Jesus' life and ministry.

    Relations

    Direct connections

    Every entity the graph places in a stated relation with this one, grouped by the kind of link. Each relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends always agree. Rows marked “registry” come from the identity spine rather than from a verse, and a row marked “which bearer is the source’s decision” is one where the name could have meant more than one person. The last group is not a relation at all — it counts the events two entities stand in together.

    How the graph connects Mark10 of 16 entities the graph connects to Mark, in 2 groups: company 2, events 8. Kinship, company and ground are stated relations; events counts the acts two entities stand in together and is not a relation. Each mark is sized by how many verses name that entity and labelled with the link and the count, so the grouping and the size are both readable without colour. Distance from the centre carries nothing.PaulAssociated with · 2 events · 182 versesJohnAssociated with · 1 event · 35 versesCompanyJerusalem1 event · 888 versesWork1 event · 142 versesTravel1 event · 35 versesGreeting1 event · 33 versesBarnabas3 events · 28 versesCyprus2 events · 15 versesAll Of You1 event · 9 versesAristarchus1 event · 5 versesEventsMark

    The 10 best-attested of 16 are drawn. All 16 are listed below.

    Associated with

    Child of

    Took part in

    Stands in the same events as

    and 8 more, ordered by how many events they share.

    Places

    Where this happens

    The places the claims about this person reach, drawn where the gazetteer locates them. A point is where a row puts them and never where tradition does; no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.

    Where the story of Mark happensAll 7 places the claims about Mark reach, on a map of the world the text moves through, framed to them: Cyprus, Pamphylia, Paphos, Seleucia, Antioch, Perga, Salamis. Each dot is a coordinate from the gazetteer, sized by how many rows put Mark there. The coastline is a modern one, simplified; no border, road or settlement of any period is drawn, and no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.CyprusPamphyliaPaphosSeleuciaAntiochPerga
    the New TestamentAll 7 places the claims about Mark reach

    Read it

    Where to read it

    Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 10, across 5 books. The name is written 13 times in them.

    1. Acts6 verses

      12:1212:2513:513:1315:3715:39

    2. Colossians1 verse

      4:10

    3. 2 Timothy1 verse

      4:11

    4. Philemon1 verse

      1:24

    5. 1 Peter1 verse

      5:13

    Onward

    Where this page goes

    Not the direct relations above — these are one hop further out, ranked so that a rare shared connection outweighs a common one. Descriptions by STEPBible TIPNR.

    via Barnabas, Paul, and Companions’ travel and MaryBarnabasA Levite from Cyprus who accompanied Paul on missionary journeys.via Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke’s greeting and PaulAristarchusMacedonian companion of Paul, fellow prisonervia Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke’s greeting and PaulDemasCompanion of Paul who later deserted himvia Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke’s greeting and PaulLukePhysician; companion of Paul; author of Luke and Actsvia Maryfather of BarnabasA close relative of John Mark.via Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke’s greetingEpaphrasA faithful minister and fellow servant of Paul.via Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke’s greetingGreetingGreeting is a concept gathering 31 labelled instances in the text.via Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke’s greetingPhilemonRecipient of Paul's letter, Colossian slave ownervia Barnabas, Paul, and Companions’ travelCyprusIsland in the Mediterranean Sea; early Christian community

    Where they appear

    Chapter by chapter

    Atlas's reading of each chapter this person appears in, in canonical order. One line per chapter, and each leads to the whole of it.

    Sources

    What this rests on