St. Mark
St. Mark The author of the second Gospel in succession, The sources for much of what we know about Mark are the New Testament and early Christian traditions. St. Mark is believed to be the 'John Mark' mentioned in Acts, the gospel history found in the New Testament. He is the son of Mary of Jerusalem. - 12 As soon as he heard that, John went directly to the house of Mary, the mother of Mark.- (Acts 12:12) His house became a meeting place for the apostles. He was a Levite and a Cypriot. Also the cousin of Barnabas (Colossians 4:10). For their first missionary journey to Antioch in 44 AD. Paul and Mark joined Barnabas. When the group reached Cyprus, Mark left them and returned to Jerusalem, perhaps because of his anxiety at being evicted from his home -13 He knocked at the outer door, and a servant named Rhoda came to answer it. - (Acts 13:13). This incident caused Paul to question whether Mark could be a faithful missionary. This incident caused a dispute between Paul and Barna...