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Barnabas and Mark
How Barnabas and Mark are linked in Scripture, with every passage where their stories cross.
How they are linked
Barnabas and Mark stood together.
When Paul would not take John Mark again, Barnabas parted from Paul and sailed with Mark to Cyprus. Colossians names a Marcus, "sister’s son to Barnabas", which points to this Mark.
Marcus, sister’s son to Barnabas
Colossians 4:10, King James Version
took with them John, whose surname was Mark
Acts 12:25, King James Version
so Barnabas took Mark, and sailed unto Cyprus
Acts 15:39, King James Version
Where they cross: Acts 15:37-39
Notes are commentary, checked against the cited verses in a separate review. Quoted words are Scripture.
Every passage, in order
Acts 12:25
25And Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem, when they had fulfilled their ministry, and took with them John, whose surname was Mark.
Acts 15:37-39
37And Barnabas determined to take with them John, whose surname was Mark.
38But Paul thought not good to take him with them, who departed from them from Pamphylia, and went not with them to the work.
39And the contention was so sharp between them, that they departed asunder one from the other: and so Barnabas took Mark, and sailed unto Cyprus;
Colossians 4:10
10Aristarchus my fellowprisoner saluteth you, and Marcus, sister’s son to Barnabas, (touching whom ye received commandments: if he come unto you, receive him;)
King James Version