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Pentecost, El Greco

Acts 15:39

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Acts 15:39 (WEB)

Then the contention grew so sharp that they separated from each other. Barnabas took Mark with him and sailed away to Cyprus,

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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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  • “Luke also in the Acts speaks of his friends, and mentions them by name.” — editor's note: Barnabas (Acts ix. 27, and often); John Mark (xii. 25; xiii. 13; xv. 37, 39); Silas (xv. 40); Timothy (xvi. 1 sqq. and often); Aquila and Priscilla (xviii.);…

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