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Mark Scripture - 1 Kings 20:7

Then the king of Israel called all the elders of the land, and said, Mark, I pray you, and see how this [man] seeketh mischief: for he sent unto me for my wives, and for my children, and for my silver, and for my gold; and I denied him not....

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Mark the Evangelist in Wikipedia

Mark the Evangelist (Coptic: Ⲙⲁⲣⲕⲟⲥ; Latin: Marcus; Hebrew: מרקוס‎; Greek: Μᾶρκος) is the traditional author of the Gospel of Mark. He is also the founder of the Church of Alexandria, one of the original four main sees of Christianity. Tradition identifies him with John Mark mentioned as a companion of Saint Paul in Acts, who later is said to h...

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Mark Scripture - 2 Timothy 4:11

Only Luke is with me. Take Mark, and bring him with thee: for he is profitable to me for the ministry....

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Mark Scripture - Acts 15:39

And the contention was so sharp between them, that they departed asunder one from the other: and so Barnabas took Mark, and sailed unto Cyprus;...

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Mark in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

mark: In the King James Version this word is used 22 times as a noun and 26 times as a predicate. In the former case it is represented by 5 Hebrew and 3 Greek words; in the latter by 11 Hebrew and 2 Greek words. As a noun it is purely a physical term, gaining almost a technical significance from the "mark" put upon Cain (Gen 4:15 the King Jame...

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Mark in Naves Topical Bible

-A nephew of Barnabas Col 4:10 -A disciple of Jesus Ac 12:12,25; 13:5,13 -Paul and Barnabas contend concerning Ac 15:36-39 -A convert of Peter 1Pe 5:13 -Fellow-worker with Paul at Rome Col 4:10,11; 2Ti 4:11; Phm 1:24...

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Mark in Hitchcock's Bible Names

same as Marcus...

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Mark in Smiths Bible Dictionary

one of the evangelists, and probable author of the Gospel bearing his name. (Marcus was his Latin surname. His Jewish name was John, which is the same as Johanan (the grace of God). We can almost trace the steps whereby the former became his prevalent name in the Church. "John, whose surname was Mark" in Ac 12:12,25; 15:37 becomes "John" alone...

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Mark in Easton's Bible Dictionary

the evangelist; "John whose surname was Mark" (Acts 12:12, 25). Mark (Marcus, Col. 4:10, etc.) was his Roman name, which gradually came to supersede his Jewish name John. He is called John in Acts 13:5, 13, and Mark in 15:39, 2 Tim. 4:11, etc. He was the son of Mary, a woman apparently of some means and influence, and was probably born in...

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Mark in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

Townson conjectures that the young man introduced as fleeing and leaving his linen robe, fear overcoming shame (Mark 16:51- 52), was Mark himself, on the ground that otherwise we see no reason for its introduction, being unconnected with the context. If the young man was the writer, awakened out of sleep by the noise near his house of men proce...

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