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: archive.org: Easton's Bible DictionaryMark definition and references: The evangelist; 鈥淛ohn whose surname was Mark鈥� (Acts 12:12, 25). Mark (Marcus, Colossians 4:10, etc.) was his Roman name, which gradually came to supersede his Jewish name John. He is called John in Acts 13:5, 13, and Mark in 15:39, 2 Timothy 4:11, etc.
He was the son of Mary, a woman apparently of some means and influence, and was probably born in Jerusalem, where his mother resided (Acts 12:12). Of his father we know nothing. He was cousin of Barnabas (Colossians 4:10). It was in his mother鈥檚 house that Peter found 鈥渕any gathered together praying鈥� when he was released from prison; and it is probable that it was here that he was converted by Peter, who calls him his 鈥渟on鈥� (1 Peter 5:13). It is probable that the 鈥測oung man鈥� spoken of in Mark 14:51, 52 was Mark himself. He is first mentioned in Acts 12:25. He went with Paul and Barnabas on their first journey (about A.D. 47) as their 鈥渕inister,鈥� but from some cause turned back when they reached Perga in Pamphylia (Acts 12:25; 13:13). Three years afterwards a 鈥渟harp contention鈥� arose between Paul and Barnabas (15:36-40), because Paul would not take Mark with him. He, however, was evidently at length reconciled to the apostle, for he was with him in his first imprisonment at Rome (Colossians 4:10; Philemon 1:24). At a later period he was with Peter in Babylon (1 Peter 5:13), then, and for some centuries afterwards, one of the chief seats of Jewish learning; and he was with Timothy in Ephesus when Paul wrote him during his second imprisonment (2 Timothy 4:11). He then disappears from view.
: archive.org: Hitchcock's Bible Names DictionaryMark refers to: 鈥渟ame as Marcus鈥濃�擺The definitions from this source are translations of Hebrew names found in the Bible and are included in Hitchcock's New and Complete Analysis of the Holy Bible].
: archive.org: Smith's Bible DictionaryMark refers to:鈥攐ne of the evangelists, and probable author of the Gospel bearing his name. (Marcus was his Latin surname. His Jewish name was John, which is the same as Johanan (the grace of God). We can almost trace the steps whereby the former became his prevalent name in the Church. 鈥淛ohn, whose surname was Mark鈥� in (Acts 12:12,25; 15:37) becomes 鈥淛ohn鈥� alone in (Acts 13:5,13) 鈥淢ark鈥� in (Acts 15:39) and thenceforward there is no change. (Colossians 4:10); Phlm 1:24; 2Tim 4:11 The evangelist was the son of a certain Mary, a Jewish matron of some position who dwelt in Jerusalem, (Acts 12:12) and was probably born of a Hellenistic family in that city. Of his father we know nothing; but we do know that the future evangelist was cousin of Barnabas of Cyprus, the great friend of St. Paul. His mother would seem to have been intimately acquainted with St. Peter, and it was to her house, as to a familiar home, that the apostle repaired, A.D. 44, after his deliverance from prison (Acts 12:12) This fact accounts for St. Mark鈥檚 intimate acquaintance with that apostle, to whom also he probably owed his conversion, for St. Peter calls him his son. (1 Peter 5:13) We hear Of him for the first time in Acts 15:25 where we find him accompanying and Barnabas on their return from Jerusalem to Antioch, A.D. 45. He next comes before us on the occasion of the earliest missionary journey of the same apostles, A.D. 48, when he joined them as their 鈥渕inister.鈥� (Acts 13:8) With them he visited Cyprus; but at Perga in Pamphylia, (Acts 13:13) when they were about to enter upon the more arduous part of their mission, he left them, and, for some unexplained reason, returned to Jerusalem to his mother and his home. Notwithstanding this, we find him at Paul鈥檚 side during that apostle鈥檚 first imprisonment at Rome, A.D. 61-63, and he Is acknowledged by him as one of his few fellow laborers who had been a 鈥渃omfort鈥� to him during the weary hours of his imprisonment. (Colossians 4:10,11); Phle 1:24 We next have traces of him in (1 Peter 5:13) 鈥淭he church that is in Babylon ... saluteth you, and so doth Marcus my son.鈥� From this we infer that he joined his spiritual father, the great friend of his mother, at Babylon, then and for same hundred years afterward one of the chief seats of Jewish culture. From Babylon he would seem to have returned to Asia Minor; for during his second imprisonment A.D. 68 St. Paul, writing to Timothy charges him to bring Mark with him to me, on the ground that he was 鈥減rofitable to him For the ministry.鈥� (2 Timothy 4:11) From this point we gain no further information from the New Testament respecting the evangelist. It is most probable, however that he did join the apostle at Rome whither also St. Peter would seem to have proceeded, and suffered martyrdom with St. Paul. After the death of these two great pillars of the Church; ecclesiastical tradition affirms that St. Mark visited Egypt, founded the church of Alexandria, and died by martyrdom.鈥擟ondensed from Cambridge Bible for Schools.鈥擡D.)
: archive.org: Nave's Topical BibleMark definition and references: 鈥揂 nephew of Barnabas Colossians 4:10
鈥揂 disciple of Jesus Acts 12:12,25; 13:5,13
鈥揚aul and Barnabas contend concerning Acts 15:36-39
鈥揂 convert of Peter 1 Peter 5:13
鈥揊ellow-worker with Paul at Rome Colossians 4:10,11; 2imothy 4:11; Philemon 1:24
Mark refers to:鈥擜ccording to ecclesiastical testimonies, the evangelist Mark is the same person who in the Acts is called by the Jewish name John, whose Roman surname was Marcus. This person is sometimes called simply John; and sometimes Mark.
Mary, Mark's mother, had a house at Jerusalem, in which the Apostles had used to assemble. In the Epistle to the Colossians Mark is mentioned among the assistants of Paul, and as being one of the converts from Judaism. From this passage we learn also that Mark was a cousin of Barnabas, which circumstance confirms the opinion that he was of Jewish descent. It was probably Barnabas who first introduced him to Paul. He accompanied Paul and Barnabas on their travels as an assistant. When they had arrived in Pamphylia, Mark left them and returned to Jerusalem, from which city they had set out. On this account Paul refused to take Mark with him on his second apostolic journey, 'and so Barnabas took Mark, and sailed unto Cyprus'.
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Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Ch枚dr枚n)
IV. The perfections are causes and conditions of the thirty-two marks < [Part 3 - Possessing a body endowed with the marks]
Part 3 - Pure generosity and Impure generosity < [Chapter XIX - The Characteristics of Generosity]
2. Actions producing the thirty-two marks (dv膩tri峁兣沘llak峁峁嘺) < [Part 4 - The Bodhisattva in the Abhidharma system]
Agni Purana (by N. Gangadharan)
Chapter 46 - Characteristics of different 艢膩lagr膩ma stones
Chapter 45 - Characteristics of pedestals and details relating to images
Padma Purana (by N.A. Deshpande)
Chapter 224 - Bearing the Marks of a Disc etc. Essential for a Br膩hma峁嘺 < [Section 6 - Uttara-Kha峁囜笉a (Concluding Section)]
Chapter 29 - The Importance of Gop墨candana < [Section 6 - Uttara-Kha峁囜笉a (Concluding Section)]
Chapter 225 - The Efficacy of 弄rdhvapu峁囜笉ra < [Section 6 - Uttara-Kha峁囜笉a (Concluding Section)]
Maha Buddhavamsa鈥擳he Great Chronicle of Buddhas (by Ven. Mingun Sayadaw)
The Treatise on the Marks of a Great Man < [Chapter 1 - The Jewel of the Buddha]
(Mark 28): The Mark of the Voice having Eight Qualities as a Brahm膩 < [Chapter 1 - The Story of Sataketu Deva, The Future Buddha]
Part 8 - Explanations of The Thirty-two Major Marks < [Chapter 1 - The Story of Sataketu Deva, The Future Buddha]
Vipassana Dipani (by Mahathera Ledi Sayadaw)
Garuda Purana (by Manmatha Nath Dutt)
Chapter LIII - Traits of conduct of men marked by the several kinds of Nidhis < [Agastya Samhita]
Chapter XLV - Characteristic marks of Shalagrama Stones (Shaligram) < [Agastya Samhita]
Chapter LXV - Auspicious marks on men and women as disclosed by the science of Samudrikam < [Agastya Samhita]