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John Mark, often just called Mark, is the author of the gospel of Mark. He was a believer in the early church mentioned directly only in the book of Acts. John Mark is first mentioned as the son of a woman named Mary (Acts 12:12), whose house was being used as a place for believers to gather and pray. Later, Mark is mentioned as a companion of Barnabas and Paul during their travels together (Acts 12:25). John Mark was also Barnabas’ cousin (Colossians 4:10).

 

John Mark was a helper on Paul and Barnabas’ first missionary journey (Acts 13:5). However, he did not stay through the whole trip. John Mark deserted Paul and Barnabas in Pamphylia and left the work (Acts 15:38). The Bible does not say why Mark deserted, but his departure came right after a mostly fruitless time in Cyprus (Acts 13:4–12). Only one conversion is recorded in Cyprus, but there had been strong demonic opposition. It’s likely that the young John Mark was discouraged at the hardness of the way and decided to return to the comforts of home.

 

Some time later, after Paul and Barnabas had returned from their first journey, Paul expressed a desire to go back to the brothers in the cities they had previously visited to see how everyone was doing (Acts 15:36). Barnabas agreed, apparently upon the provision that they take John Mark with them. Paul refused to have Mark on the trip, however, citing Mark’s previous desertion. Paul thought it best not to have a quitter with them; they needed someone more dependable. Paul and Barnabas had a “sharp disagreement” about John Mark (verse 39) and wound up separating from each other and going on separate journeys. Barnabas took John Mark with him to Cyprus, and Paul took Silas with him through Syria and Cilicia to encourage the believers in the churches in those areas (Acts 15:39–41).

 

Barnabas, the “son of encouragement” (Acts 4:36), desired to forgive John Mark’s failure and to give him another chance. Paul took the more rational view: pioneering missionary work requires dedication, resolve, and endurance. Paul saw John Mark as a risk to their mission. Luke, the writer of Acts, does not take sides or present either Paul or Barnabas as being in the right. He simply records the facts. It’s worth noting that, in the end, two groups of missionaries were sent out—twice as many missionaries were spreading the gospel.

 

John Mark sails off to Cyprus with his cousin Barnabas, but that is not the end of his story. Years later, he is with Paul, who calls him a “fellow worker” (Philemon 1:24). And near the end of Paul’s life, Paul sends a request to Timothy from a Roman prison: “Get Mark and bring him with you, because he is helpful to me in my ministry” (2 Timothy 4:11). Obviously, John Mark had matured through the years and had become a faithful servant of the Lord. Paul recognized his progress and considered him a valuable companion.

 

John Mark wrote the gospel that bears his name sometime between AD 55 and 59. There could be a veiled reference to John Mark in Mark 14:51–52. In that passage a young man, roused from sleep on the night that Jesus was arrested, attempts to follow the Lord, and the mob who had Jesus in custody attempts to seize him. The young man escapes and flees into the night. The fact that this incident is only recorded in Mark’s gospel—and the fact that the young man is anonymous—has led some scholars to surmise that the fleeing young man is actually John Mark.

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  • Mark was also called John Mark!

  • His mother’s house was used as a place for believers to gather and pray!

  • He was a companion of Barnabas and Paul during their travels together!

  • Paul and Barnabas had a disagreement about Mark!

  • They separated, Paul took Silas and barnabas Mark!

  • But Mark matured with time! 

 

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  • They used to write differently!

  • They used to speak differently!

  • They used to think differently!

  • They used to act differently!

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59) Looking for Jesus

 

Mark 5:21- 24

 

One of the presiding officers of the synagogue named Jairus comes to see Jesus!

He knows who he is!

He knows about his miracles!

They knew who Jesus was!

He falls at Jesus’ feet!

His daughter is extremely ill!

Jesus doesn’t hesitate!

He goes straight away!


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Remember:

Mark was also called John Mark!

His mother’s house was used as a place for believers to gather and pray!

He was a companion of Barnabas and Paul during their travels together!

Paul and Barnabas had a disagreement about Mark!

They separated, Paul took Silas and barnabas Mark!

But Mark matured with time! 

 

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If you think like today’s people, you will never understand the Bible!

They used to write differently!

They used to speak differently!

They used to think differently!

They used to act differently!

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60) Looking for Jesus

 

Mark 5:25-34

Now there is a woman who has had a flow of blood for 12 years!

She has suffered a lot at the hands of many physicians!

She has spent all her resources!

She has become worse!

And she hears about Jesus!

So she decides to touch his outer garment!

And she is healed all at once!

What a difference!

Imagine her feelings!

And Jesus realizes what has happened!

So he asks who did it!

The woman is frightened and is trembling!

She falls down before Jesus and tells him everything!

He blesses her!

It shows what God’s kingdom will do pretty soon!


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Remember:

Mark was also called John Mark!

His mother’s house was used as a place for believers to gather and pray!

He was a companion of Barnabas and Paul during their travels together!

Paul and Barnabas had a disagreement about Mark!

They separated, Paul took Silas and barnabas Mark!

But Mark matured with time! 

 

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Remember:

If you think like today’s people, you will never understand the Bible!

They used to write differently!

They used to speak differently!

They used to think differently!

They used to act differently!

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61) Looking for Jesus

 

Mark 5:35,36

The daughter of the presiding officer has just died!

But Jesus tells him to have faith!

Simple words!

Easy to understand!

Now the presiding officer has come because he knows what Jesus can do!

So when Jesus tells him to have faith, he understands perfectly what it means!

Jesus speaks as someone who knows and the people who really know him know what he is able to do!

 


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Remember:

Mark was also called John Mark!

His mother’s house was used as a place for believers to gather and pray!

He was a companion of Barnabas and Paul during their travels together!

Paul and Barnabas had a disagreement about Mark!

They separated, Paul took Silas and barnabas Mark!

But Mark matured with time! 

 

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Remember:

If you think like today’s people, you will never understand the Bible!

They used to write differently!

They used to speak differently!

They used to think differently!

They used to act differently!

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62) Looking for Jesus

 

Mark 5:37-39

 

The people are weeping and wailing loudly!

Jesus asks them why they are acting that way!

He knows why but he wants to show them that he thinks differently!

He says the child is sleeping!

Because he can resurrect people!

And in fact, that’s what he will do when he leads God’s kingdom after the Big One!

We may remember that when he died some people were resurrected!


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Remember:

Mark was also called John Mark!

His mother’s house was used as a place for believers to gather and pray!

He was a companion of Barnabas and Paul during their travels together!

Paul and Barnabas had a disagreement about Mark!

They separated, Paul took Silas and barnabas Mark!

But Mark matured with time! 

 

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Remember:

If you think like today’s people, you will never understand the Bible!

They used to write differently!

They used to speak differently!

They used to think differently!

They used to act differently!

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Remember:

Biblical Hebrew has a very small number of words, about 8,000, and around 1,700 of those words are hapax legomena (being said once) in the Hebrew Bible. Modern Hebrew has about 100,000 words. For comparison modern English has over 450,000 words, and Spanish has just over 175,000 words. Standard English dictionaries typically have about 200,000 words, whereas Spanish dictionaries have about 80,000 words.

This means words often have multiple meanings determined by context.

Although yom is commonly rendered as day in English translations, the word yom can be used in different ways to refer to different time spans:

 

Point of time (a specific day)

time period of a whole or half a day:

Period of light (as contrasted with the period of darkness),

Sunrise to sunset

Sunset to next sunset

General term for time ( as in 'days of our lives')

A year "lived a lot of days"

Time period of unspecified length. "days and days"

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The Greek language is ranked as the richest in the world with 5 million words and 70 million word types. According to Dr. MacDonald, only 600,000 Greek words are used today, making the Greek vocabulary the largest in the world and 3.5 times bigger than the English vocabulary.

Though there are 138,607 words in the Greek New Testament, only 5,394 are unique.

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