Mark (also John Mark and sometimes simply John) first appears on the scene in Acts 12:25 when he travels with Barnabas and Saul (later Paul) from Jerusalem to Antioch. He joined Paul on his first missionary journey (Acts 13:4-5), but for unknown reasons he left the expedition at Perga (Acts 13:13). As a result, he apparently lost Paul's respect (Acts 15:38) but before the end of Paul's life, he and Mark were reconciled and Paul asked that Timothy "get Mark and bring him with you, for he is very useful to me for ministry" (2 Timothy 4:11).
Reconciliation with Paul likely was due to the continued work Mark did in evangelizing the Greek world. It is clear from Acts 15:38-39 that Mark's cousin Barnabas (Colossians 4:10) gave Mark a second chance when Paul had already removed him from his missionary team.
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The Forty-Day Challenge, New Testament Edition is not intended to be an in-depth Bible study, but a challenge designed to help you to read through the entire New Testament in just forty days.
