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Mark and Paul
How Mark and Paul are linked in Scripture, with every passage where their stories cross.
How they are linked
Mark served Paul.
John Mark was minister to Paul and Barnabas but left them in Pamphylia, and Paul would not take him again. Later Paul asks for a Mark, "for he is profitable to me for the ministry", and Colossians ties Paul's Marcus to Barnabas.
they had also John to their minister
Acts 13:5, King James Version
John, whose surname was Mark
Acts 15:37, King James Version
Paul thought not good to take him with them, who departed from them from Pamphylia
Acts 15:38, King James Version
Marcus, sister’s son to Barnabas
Colossians 4:10, King James Version
Take Mark, and bring him with thee: for he is profitable to me for the ministry
2 Timothy 4:11, King James Version
Where they cross: 2 Timothy 4:11
Notes are commentary, checked against the cited verses in a separate review. Quoted words are Scripture.
Every passage, in order
Acts 13:5
5And when they were at Salamis, they preached the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews: and they had also John to their minister.
Acts 15:37
37And Barnabas determined to take with them John, whose surname was Mark.
Acts 15:38
38But Paul thought not good to take him with them, who departed from them from Pamphylia, and went not with them to the work.
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;)
2 Timothy 4:11
11Only Luke is with me. Take Mark, and bring him with thee: for he is profitable to me for the ministry.
King James Version