John Mark

Medieval sources, on the other hand, increasingly regarded all New Testament references to ''Mark'' as [[Mark the Evangelist]], and many modern scholars have agreed in seeing a single Mark.{{sfnp|Black|1994|pp=15–16}} The very fact that various writings could refer simply to ''Mark'' without further qualification has been seen as pointing to a single Mark.{{sfnp|Bauckham|2006|p=206}}

Medieval sources, on the other hand, increasingly regarded all New Testament references to ''Mark'' as [[Mark the Evangelist]], and many modern scholars have agreed in seeing a single Mark.{{sfnp|Black|1994|pp=15–16}} The very fact that various writings could refer simply to ''Mark'' without further qualification has been seen as pointing to a single Mark.{{sfnp|Bauckham|2006|p=206}}

First, there is [[Mark the cousin of Barnabas]], mentioned by Paul as a "fellow worker" in the closings of three Pauline epistles.<ref>{{bibleverse|Philemon|24|KJV}}; [[Colossians 4:10]]; [[2 Timothy 4:11]].</ref> In antiquity he was regarded as a distinct Mark, Bishop of Apollonia.<ref name="Hippolytus" /> If, on the other hand, these two Marks are to be identified, the fact that these epistles were written after the departure of John Mark with Barnabas in Acts must suppose some later reconciliation. But a majority of scholars, noting the close association of both Marks with Paul and Barnabas, indeed regard them as likely the same person. Biblical scholars [[Samuel Rolles Driver]] and [[Charles Augustus Briggs]] identified Mark, the cousin of Barnabas, with John Mark,<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=Kiw9AAAAIAAJ&dq=Mark+the+cousin+of+Barnabas&pg=PA81 Driver, Samuel Rolles. "Mark and Silvanus", ''The International Critical Commentary on the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments'', C. Scribner's Sons, 1905, p. 80]{{PD-notice}}</ref> as do John R. Donahue and [[Daniel J. Harrington]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=xZAIsUZOwSQC&dq=Mark+the+cousin+of+Barnabas&pg=PA39 Donahue, John R. and Harrington, Daniel J., ''The Gospel of Mark'', Liturgical Press, 2002, p.39]{{ISBN|9780814658048}}</ref>

First, there is [[Mark the cousin of Barnabas]], mentioned by Paul as a "fellow worker" in the closings of three Pauline epistles.<ref>{{bibleverse|Philemon|24|KJV}}; [[Colossians 4:10]]; [[2 Timothy 4:11]].</ref> In antiquity he was regarded as a distinct Mark, Bishop of [[Apollonia (Illyria)|Apollonia]].<ref name="Hippolytus" /> If, on the other hand, these two Marks are to be identified, the fact that these epistles were written after the departure of John Mark with Barnabas in Acts must suppose some later reconciliation. But a majority of scholars, noting the close association of both Marks with Paul and Barnabas, indeed regard them as likely the same person. Biblical scholars [[Samuel Rolles Driver]] and [[Charles Augustus Briggs]] identified Mark, the cousin of Barnabas, with John Mark,<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=Kiw9AAAAIAAJ&dq=Mark+the+cousin+of+Barnabas&pg=PA81 Driver, Samuel Rolles. "Mark and Silvanus", ''The International Critical Commentary on the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments'', C. Scribner's Sons, 1905, p. 80]{{PD-notice}}</ref> as do John R. Donahue and [[Daniel J. Harrington]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=xZAIsUZOwSQC&dq=Mark+the+cousin+of+Barnabas&pg=PA39 Donahue, John R. and Harrington, Daniel J., ''The Gospel of Mark'', Liturgical Press, 2002, p.39]{{ISBN|9780814658048}}</ref>

Mark the Evangelist, however, is known only from the patristic tradition, which associates him only with [[Saint Peter|Peter]] and makes no mention of Paul.{{sfnp|Black|1994|pp=185–186}} [[Jerome]] alone suggests that the Mark of whom Paul speaks may be the Evangelist.<ref>Jerome, ''Comm. in Philem.'' 24.</ref>{{sfnp|Black|1994|p=165}} But modern scholars have noted that as Peter fled to the house of John Mark's mother, the two men may have had a longstanding association.{{sfnp|Black|1994|p=28}}

Mark the Evangelist, however, is known only from the patristic tradition, which associates him only with [[Saint Peter|Peter]] and makes no mention of Paul.{{sfnp|Black|1994|pp=185–186}} [[Jerome]] alone suggests that the Mark of whom Paul speaks may be the Evangelist.<ref>Jerome, ''Comm. in Philem.'' 24.</ref>{{sfnp|Black|1994|p=165}} But modern scholars have noted that as Peter fled to the house of John Mark's mother, the two men may have had a longstanding association.{{sfnp|Black|1994|p=28}}