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== In the Acts of the Apostles == | == In the Acts of the Apostles == | ||
Mary seems to have been intimately acquainted with Saint Peter, as it was to her house that he repaired after his deliverance from prison.<ref>Acts 12:12.</ref> This fact could account for Mark’s intimate acquaintance with Peter. In Peter’s first epistle, Mark is referred to as Peter’s “son”< | Mary seems to have been intimately acquainted with Saint Peter, as it was to her house that he repaired after his deliverance from prison.<ref>Acts 12:12.</ref> This fact could account for Mark’s intimate acquaintance with Peter. In Peter’s first epistle, Mark is referred to as Peter’s “son”<ref>1 Pet. 5:13.</ref>—evidence of close attachment between Peter and Mark. | ||
The Acts of the Apostles records that John Mark was taken by Barnabas and [[Saint Paul|Paul]] on their first missionary journey as an assistant.<ref>Acts 13:5.</ref> Barnabas and Paul arrived at Jerusalem to bring alms from the Christians in Antioch to the Christians in Judea during the famine of <small>A</small>.<small>D</small>. 45. They needed an assistant, and it is likely that it was Barnabas who chose his young cousin or nephew Mark.<ref>Acts 12:25; Col. 4:10.</ref> | The Acts of the Apostles records that John Mark was taken by Barnabas and [[Saint Paul|Paul]] on their first missionary journey as an assistant.<ref>Acts 13:5.</ref> Barnabas and Paul arrived at Jerusalem to bring alms from the Christians in Antioch to the Christians in Judea during the famine of <small>A</small>.<small>D</small>. 45. They needed an assistant, and it is likely that it was Barnabas who chose his young cousin or nephew Mark.<ref>Acts 12:25; Col. 4:10.</ref> | ||