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Pentecost, El Greco

Acts 12:12

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Acts 12:12 (WEB)

Thinking about that, he came to the house of Mary, the mother of John who was called Mark, where many were gathered together and were praying.

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Eusebius of Caesarea

  • “…satisfied with hearing once only, and were not content with the unwritten teaching of the divine Gospel, but with all sorts of entreaties they besought Mark, a follower of Peter, and the one whose Gospel is extant, that he would leave them a written monument of the doctrine which had been orally communicated to them.” — editor's note: John Mark, son of Mary (Acts xii. 12), a sister of Barnabas (Col. iv. 10), was a companion of Paul and Barnabas in their missionary journeys, and afterward a…

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  • “For example, there is also another John, surnamed Mark, mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles, whom Barnabas and Paul took with them; of whom also it is said, ‘And they had also John as their attendant.’” — editor's note: In Acts xii. 12, 25; xiii. 5, 13; xv. 37. On Mark and the second Gospel, see above, Bk. II. chap. 15, note 4.

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Theodoret of Cyrus

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